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Report: Google Exploring AI That Can Take Over Web Browsers
artificial intelligence // October 27, 2024

Google is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can take over web browsers. The tech giant plans to show off this AI product — which carries the codename “Project Jarvis” — as soon as December, when it rolls out its next Gemini large...

Google Reportedly Spent $2.7 Billion to Rehire Character.AI Founder
artificial intelligence // September 25, 2024

Google reportedly paid $2.7 billion to rehire ex-employee/AI guru Noam Shazeer. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Shazeer, who co-authored research that helped popularize artificial intelligence (AI), left Google in frustration after the company refused to release a chatbot he had developed. He started his own company, Character.AI, which...

Google Makes Gemini Live AI Chatbot Available to All Android Users
artificial intelligence // September 15, 2024

Google has made Gemini Live, its voice artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, available for free to all Android users.  The offering is notable, Ars Technica said in a report Friday (Sept. 13), because rival OpenAI’s similar voice feature has yet to fully ship. Google debuted Gemini...

Google Cloud CEO: 60% of AI Startups Use Our Tech
News // September 11, 2024

Google Cloud’s CEO says his company has several paths to monetizing artificial intelligence (AI). “We have seen 10-times growth year over year of people using our clusters,” Thomas Kurian said Tuesday (Sept. 10) at a Goldman Sachs tech conference. “Sixty percent of all AI startups...

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Google Rolls Out Gemini AI Offerings for the iPhone

November 14, 2024
Google has brought its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) offering to the iPhone. The company’s app now lets users access Google’s Gemini Live voice assistant as well as its premium image generator, Quartz reported Thursday (Nov. 14). Meanwhile, a new Extensions feature links Gemini with other Google services such as YouTube and Gmail in single conversations, […]

Report: Google Exploring AI That Can Take Over Web Browsers

October 27, 2024
Google is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can take over web browsers. The tech giant plans to show off this AI product — which carries the codename...

Google Reportedly Spent $2.7 Billion to Rehire Character.AI Founder

September 25, 2024
Google reportedly paid $2.7 billion to rehire ex-employee/AI guru Noam Shazeer. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Shazeer, who co-authored research that helped popularize artificial intelligence (AI), left Google in frustration after the...

Google Makes Gemini Live AI Chatbot Available to All Android Users

September 15, 2024
Google has made Gemini Live, its voice artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, available for free to all Android users.  The offering is notable, Ars Technica said in a report Friday (Sept....