Ten of the biggest AI developers have made, or committed to make, changes to how they handle personal data. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) secured the changes after two years of scrutiny. The data regulator named them on Thursday: Ama…
Google is launching a “universal” Gemini AI agent that can work across apps and devices in the background. The tool, announced as part of the Gemini at Work event on Thursday, will be available within the Gemini Enterprise app, allowing users to chat with the Gemini agent and assign it tasks from a single interface. […]
Voltus has raised $225 million in a Series D round. The San Francisco company pays businesses and homes to cut, shift or supply power when the grid needs it. Generation Investment Management led the round, with Activate Capital and the energy trader Vi…
Google’s new AI Edge Foresight app takes on Granola with an offline meeting note-taker that can transcribe conversations, generate notes, and answer questions using on-device AI.
A common misconception I’ve seen with Googlebooks is that the Quick Insert and Google logo keys are new. They’re not, as they first debuted a couple of years ago on some Chromebooks. But there is something new for Googlebooks that’s ripped straight from Android phones circa 2014. On every Googlebook keyboard, the F1, F2, and […]
Finland’s Licensing and Supervision Agency (LVV) has ordered Google’s Finnish subsidiary to stop work at two planned data centre sites, in Muhos and Kajaani. The halt covers work that significantly changes the environment. The agency issued the order o…
Apple is working with LG Electronics on a video doorbell, a thermostat, a smart deadbolt lock and three security cameras, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The devices will carry the LG brand, not Apple’s. The accessories will work with Apple’s new smart …
Google DeepMind, Meta, and AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million into an initiative to create a “virtual cell” that researchers can use to combat disease, as reported earlier by Reuters. The project is led by Biohub, a nonprofit biomedical research organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. […]
Google has opened its SynthID Detector to everyone. The free website checks whether an image, video or audio file carries Google’s SynthID watermark, a hidden signal its AI tools add to what they create. The tool is available globally in English from W…
Google Labs is working on a new AI-powered game-creation platform called Playground for users to build browser-based games using simple text prompts.