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Google Integrating Gemini AI Capabilities Into Nest Cameras and Google Home Experiences

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Google announced Gemini AI integration into Google Home devices and Google Nest cameras on Tuesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) features will offer multimodal capabilities to these devices, such as better image and video segmentation and identification, improved natural conversation, and more. Alongside, the tech giant also announced the successor to the Chromecast with Google TV, … Read more

Google Pulls Olympics Gemini AI Commercial After Criticism

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Almost three months after Apple apologized for its Crush! ad and pulled it from TV, Google is doing the same for its Dear Sydney Olympics commercial. In Google’s July 26 commercial, the ad shows a father describing how much his young daughter admires U.S. Olympic hurdler, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. He uses Google’s AI overviews to answer … Read more

Gemini AI Olympics Ad Receives Backlash Online, Google Reportedly Takes It Down

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Gemini AI ad that was recently aired in the US for the Paris Olympics 2024 has reportedly been taken down after receiving backlash online. Google is said to have issued a statement highlighting that it took public feedback to remove the ad from airing during the Olympics event, but also proceeded to defend the idea … Read more

Google Search Is an Illegal Monopoly, US Judge Rules

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  Google is now 0 for 2 in antitrust trials. US District judge Amit Mehta ruled on Monday that Google has unlawfully maintained its dominance in search by using anticompetitive deals to keep rivals from gaining traction. The ruling follows a weekslong trial in Mehta’s Washington, DC, courtroom last year in which the US Department … Read more

A US Judge Ruled Google an Illegal Monopolist. Here’s What Might Come Next

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But if Mehta pursues the approach, he should make some improvements on the EU’s rules, says Kamyl Bazbaz, senior vice president of public affairs at DuckDuckGo. Users should be prompted with the choice screen periodically, not just once, Bazbaz says. They shouldn’t have to deal with popups from Google urging them to switch the default … Read more

Zoom Is Going After Google and Microsoft With AI-Driven Docs

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Starting Monday, Zoom users will have the option to open a document tool from within their video calling app and create sharable files based on their meetings—but they’ll also be prompted to use generative AI to help them write and edit them. This new feature, essentially Zoom’s version of docs, is the latest effort to … Read more