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YouTube Unveils AI Detection Tools to Protect Creators' Likeness

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Chris McKay• September 5, 2024 • 2 min read

YouTube also addressed the broader issue of AI training on platform content, acknowledging creators’ complaints about third-party companies using their material without permission or compensation.

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You Can Now Create Gems, Your Own Custom AI Experts, in Gemini

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Chris McKay• August 28, 2024 • 2 min read

The feature is rolling out on both desktop and mobile devices in over 150 countries and most languages supported by Gemini.

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Google Meet's AI Takes Notes So You Don't Have To

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Chris McKay• August 28, 2024 • 2 min read

Think of it as having a highly efficient assistant in every meeting, jotting down the key points while you focus on the discussion at hand.

Google Healthcare

Google’s HeAR Model Now Available via Cloud API for Health Research

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Chris McKay• August 20, 2024 • 2 min read

Researchers have found that HeAR outperforms other models across a wide range of tasks, demonstrating superior ability to capture meaningful patterns in health-related acoustic data.

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Google Expands AI Overviews to Six New Countries, Adds New Features

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Richard Banfield• August 15, 2024 • 2 min read

One of the main new features is a “save” button, allowing users to revisit AI Overviews at a later date.

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Google Quietly Released Imagen 3 to Users in the US

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Chris McKay• August 15, 2024 • 2 min read

According to Google, Imagen 3 represents the company’s highest-quality model to date, boasting improvements in detail, lighting, and composition.

Google Gemini

Gemini Live Debuts on Android

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Chris McKay• August 13, 2024 • 2 min read

It offers users a conversational AI experience directly on their mobile devices. It allows for free-flowing, natural language interactions, enabling users to engage with the AI assistant much like they would with a human conversation partner.

Google Startups

Character.AI Cofounders Return to Google

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Chris McKay• August 2, 2024 • 2 min read

This change is part of a larger deal between Character.AI and Google. The search giant is licensing Character.AI's language model technology, though it's not an exclusive arrangement.

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Google Research Highlights Generative AI Misuse Tactics

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Chris McKay• August 2, 2024 • 2 min read

The report highlights two main types of misuse: exploitation of AI capabilities and compromise of AI systems.

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Google Expands Gemma 2 Family with New 2B Model, Safety Classifiers, and Interpretability Tools

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Chris McKay• July 31, 2024 • 2 min read

Google has unveiled a trio of AI advancements, expanding its Gemma 2 family with a potent small-scale model and introducing new tools for safety and transparency. The star of the show is Gemma 2 2B, a new 2 billion parameter model that punches well above its weight class. Despite its

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Google DeepMind's AI Scores Silver at International Math Olympiad

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Chris McKay• July 25, 2024 • 2 min read

Google DeepMind's system earned 28 out of 42 possible points, just shy of the 29-point gold medal threshold achieved by only 58 of 609 human contestants this year.

Google Cybersecurity Startups

Google in Talks to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $23 Billion

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Chris McKay• July 15, 2024 • 2 min read

As more businesses move to the cloud and adopt AI technologies, robust security solutions are paramount.

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Google Is Using Gemini AI to Make Robots Smarter Navigators

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Chris McKay• July 11, 2024 • 2 min read

In a new research paper, Google's DeepMind robotics team show how they are training robots to navigate and complete tasks using Gemini 1.5 Pro's long context window, marking a significant step forward for AI-assisted robots. Gemini 1.5 Pro's long context window allows

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Google DeepMind Unveils JEST, a New AI Training Method That Slashes Energy Use

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Chris McKay• July 8, 2024 • 2 min read

By reducing the energy required for training, JEST not only cuts costs but also helps address the pressing issue of AI’s environmental impact.

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YouTube Now Lets You Remove Videos with Your AI-Generated Likeness or Voice

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Chris McKay• July 1, 2024 • 2 min read

Last month, YouTube expanded its privacy protection to cover AI-generated content. Users can now ask YouTube to take down videos that use artificial intelligence to fake their face or voice without permission. This builds on YouTube's AI policies which they announced last November. As AI content becomes more

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Google Releases Gemma 2 in 9B and 27B Sizes

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Chris McKay• June 27, 2024 • 2 min read

Redesigned for outsized performance and unmatched efficiency, Gemma 2 optimizes for blazing-fast inference on diverse hardware.

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Google Translate Adds 110 Languages Using AI

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Richard Banfield• June 27, 2024 • 1 min read

African languages got a major boost, making up about a quarter of the new additions. Fon, Kikongo, Luo, and Wolof are now available, significantly increasing Google's coverage of African languages.

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YouTube Pushes for AI Music Deals with Major Labels

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Chris McKay• June 27, 2024 • 2 min read

The financial terms are still under negotiation, but they are expected to resemble one-time payments similar to those made by social media companies for music access, rather than the royalty-based models used by streaming services.

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Google's New AI Can Generate Audio For Your Silent Videos

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Chris McKay• June 18, 2024 • 2 min read

Google's video-to-audio technology combines video pixels with optional text prompts to create audio that closely aligns with the visuals.

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Google Is Replacing Parts of ChromeOS with Android's Foundation for Faster AI Innovation

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Richard Banfield• June 13, 2024 • 2 min read

By leveraging the Android foundation, Google can streamline its engineering efforts, making it easier to roll out new AI features and improvements to Chromebook users.

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Oracle and Google Cloud Announce Partnership for Seamless Multicloud Experience

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Chris McKay• June 11, 2024 • 1 min read

This collaboration allows customers to migrate and run their mission-critical workloads across both Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), addressing a significant need for flexibility and interoperability in cloud solutions.

Google Gemini

Google's AI-Powered NotebookLM Expands Globally with New Features

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Chris McKay• June 6, 2024 • 2 min read

The update introduces several new features, including support for Google Slides and web URLs as sources, inline citations that link directly to supporting passages, and the Notebook Guide, which converts sources into useful formats like FAQs, briefing documents, or study guides.

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Google Acknowledges Flaws in AI Search Overviews, Promises Improvements

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Chris McKay• May 31, 2024 • 3 min read

To address the problem, Google has made more than a dozen technical improvements, including better detection of nonsensical queries, limiting the use of potentially misleading user-generated content, and adding triggering restrictions for queries where AI Overviews were not proving helpful.

Google Gemini

Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash Now Generally Available

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Chris McKay• May 30, 2024 • 2 min read

Both models are now available with a pay-as-you-go service, allowing developers to start building without upfront costs.

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Google Brings Gemini and New AI Capabilities to ChromeBooks

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Richard Banfield• May 28, 2024 • 2 min read

Several manufacturers, including Acer, Asus, and HP, are launching new Chromebooks this year, some of which are Chromebook Plus models that can take advantage of the new AI features.