With a little over two weeks until the announcement, a new Pixel 10 “Soon” teaser from Google heavily needles how Apple hasn’t been able to ship the Siri AI upgrades for the iPhone 16. The 30-second “Google Pixel 10 | Soon” teaser uploaded on Monday to the Made by Google YouTube channel is set to an instrumental version of “The …
Read More »Google AI summary feature deals blow to link clicks and website traffic Euronews.com Online news publishers face ‘extinction-level event’ from Google’s AI-powered search NPR You might be ghosting the internet. Can it survive? BBC New ways to learn and explore with AI Mode in Search The Keyword AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink Yahoo Home Source link
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Google’s ecosystem of smart home products hasn’t been without its issues. Recently, we’ve encountered reports highlighting Google Home’s inability to respond to basic commands, in addition to several other functionality-related complaints. While the company is currently in damage control mode and fixing some of these shortcomings, it is also finding the time to roll out a design change that was …
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As we near the launch of Pixel 10, I’m getting some déjà vu with Google’s new devices, as the company has been pushing forward with its flagship phones for the betterment of the entire Android ecosystem, rather than just its own benefit. Sound familiar? This issue of 9to5Google Weekender is a part of 9to5Google’s rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest …
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As previewed last November, Google Home for Android is giving the media controller a Material 3 redesign. From the Favorites or Devices tab, select a smart display (Nest Hub), speaker, or Android/Google TV device. This redesign starts with a now playing card that’s taken directly from the Pixel’s notification shade. What you’re watching or listening to is noted at the …
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What just happened? Numerous organizations have repeatedly warned ChatGPT users over the years never to share personal information with OpenAI’s chatbot. A recent incident involving a now-removed feature reveals that potentially thousands of people disclosed deeply intimate information with ChatGPT and also inadvertently made it discoverable through Google search. OpenAI recently confirmed that it has deactivated an opt-in feature that …
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Back in June, Google introduced three new voices for the upcoming Gemini-Assistant revamp for the Nest Mini and Audio. Ahead of launch, Google has renamed most of them, but they otherwise appear to be the same. These are the name changes to Gemini-Google Assistant voices if you’re in the Public Preview program: Old New Description Aloe Bloom Calm • Mid-range …
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The sudden firing of two high-ranking antitrust officials this week is signaling upheaval at an agency responsible for arguing some of the biggest tech monopoly cases in decades. Two top deputies to Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater were fired earlier this week for what a DOJ official would only explain as “insubordination” in an unattributed statement. Antitrust …
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The clear difference between Gemini and AI Mode will be an assistant. That’s already the case today, and what LLMs continue to make possible will only widen that gap. However, the similarities today make me wonder whether this is confusing for most users. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. …
Read More »Would you want your chats with AI to show up in a Google search? I wouldn’t! OpenAI’s ChatGPT raised some eyebrows this week when people realized that certain chats were able to be found by Google search. Although people had checked a box to share the chats publicly, it seemed likely that not everyone understood what they were doing. On …
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