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Google’s test turns search results into an AI-generated podcast
Google is rolling out a test that puts its AI-powered Audio Overviews on the first page of search results on mobile. The experiment, which you can enable in Labs, will let you generate an AI podcast-style discussion for certain queries. If you search for something like, “How do noise cancellation headphones work?”, Google will display a button beneath the “People…
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Google’s New AI Tool Can Give You Life Advice with an Expert Touch
Google has been experimenting with some pretty quirky and fun AI ideas lately, and their latest innovation brings the author of Radical Candor, Kim Scott, to your phone, ready to guide you through your life’s problems with a new AI feature called Portraits. Portraits is a conversational AI model that is made in collaboration with experts, as announced in Google’s…
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Google’s upcoming Gemini Kingfall is allegedly a coding beast
Google’s AI advancement is not slowing down, and we might be getting yet another powerful model codenamed “Gemini Kingfall.” As spotted by users on X, Gemini Kingfall briefly appeared on AI Studio for approximately 20 minutes before it was taken down. Gemini Kingfall While the details aren’t available, Gemini Kingfall doesn’t appear to be an update to the existing Gemini…
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Google’s “Ask Photos” AI Feature Paused After Complaints
Summary Google paused ‘Ask Photos’ rollout due to latency, quality, and UX issues. Conversational search powered by Gemini AI faced bumps along the way. Improved ‘Ask Photos’ version expected to ship in two weeks. AI is currently being jammed into everything, but there are some places where it makes more sense than others. Google was testing a feature in Google…
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Google’s Co-Founder Says AI Performs Best When You Threaten It
Artificial intelligence continues to be the thing in tech—whether consumers are interested or not. What strikes me most about generative AI isn’t its features or potential to make my life easier (a potential I have yet to realize); rather, I’m focused these days on the many threats that seem to be rising from this technology. There’s misinformation, for sure—new AI…
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Google’s AI Search Is About to Get Even Worse
Summary Google is expanding ads in AI Overviews and adding them to AI Mode to desktop platforms. Ads may appear in AI-generated responses in AI Mode whenever they’re relevant to the search query. Ads help monetize AI without burdening users, but may be annoying. We’re used to seeing the occasional ad on Google Search, but it’s a new era, and…
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Google’s “Try It On” Can Help You See How Clothes Fit Before You Buy Them
Has this ever happened to you, where you spot a dress or a cool jacket online, but can’t tell whether it would look good on you? Well, Google has come out with a helpful solution called “Try it on”, and people are already saying that it will change the way you shop forever. Try it on is a new feature…
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Android 16 desktop mode — Google’s best-kept secret got a quiet reveal at I/O
During all the excitement of Google’s annual I/O 2025, you may have missed the more technical developer keynote where Google revealed that it’s been working on a desktop mode for Android 16. You can watch the part of the live stream here where it’s revealed. Engineering manager Florina Muntenescu confirmed that the company is working with Samsung since the new…
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News publishers call Google’s AI Mode ‘theft’
The trade association backing some of the biggest news publishers in the US slammed Google’s newly expanded AI Mode, which trades traditional search results for an AI chatbot-like interface. In a statement on Wednesday, the News/Media Alliance said the new feature is “depriving” publishers of both traffic and revenue. During Google I/O on Tuesday, the company announced that it’s expanding…
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Google’s New AI Ultra Subscription Plan Is Really, Really Expensive
Google announced a lot of new stuff today at I/O, but few things were more eye-watering than the company’s new Google AI Ultra subscription. At $250 per month, it’s by far the most expensive subscription Google has yet launched. So it makes sense it comes with everything. And I mean everything. For starters, subscribers at this tier get to use…
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