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Google's TurboQuant compresses AI memory by 6x, rattles chip stocks
Google published a research blog post on Tuesday about a new compression algorithm for AI models. Within hours, memory stocks were…
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Google’s new music tool, Lyria 3 is here
Google’s announcement that its Gemini app now writes music for you isn’t just one of those “blowing my mind” product updates. It feels…
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Where does Google’s AI get its health advice? A study points to YouTube
Every month, around two billion people see AI Overviews, Google’s AI-powered search feature that generates summaries to users’ queries.…
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OpenAI is clapping back at Google’s Gemini 3 with a new GPT-5.2
OpenAI on Thursday released its answer to Google’s impressive Gemini 3 Pro model–GPT-5.2—and by the looks of some head-to-head benchmark…
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EU launches antitrust probe into Google's use of online content for AI purposes
It wants to know whether Google is distorting competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and content creators The…
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Is Google’s Apology for Censorship Sincere?
‘The government made us do it’ should not suffice to avoid accountability, nor should it instantly restore the public trust so blatantly…
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Meta in talks to use Google’s Gemini to improve ad business, The Information reports
META staffers have had discussions with Alphabet’s Google Cloud about the possibility of using its Gemini models to improve the Facebook…
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Google’s Kellie Fitzgerald on How AI Connects to Retail and Why Asking Questions Is so Important
Kellie Fitzgerald, managing director of retail at Google, took to the stage at the WWD x FN x Beauty Inc Women in Power forum on Sept. 8…
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ByteDance Launches Seedream 4.0 to Rival Google's Nano Banana in AI Image Race
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has recently entered the artificial intelligence image tool business and has now released an…
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Google’s antitrust ruling confirms AI assistants are the new gatekeepers
Predicting the future can be fun, but you get the sense Judge Amit Mehta wasn’t having much of it in his ruling that declared the…
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Why Google’s new Nano Banana means you can never trust a photo you see online again
Despite billions of dollars of AI investment, Google’s Gemini has always struggled with image generation. The company’s Flash 2.5 model…
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This one line from Google’s antitrust ruling could reshape every Big Tech case
Google dodged a bullet Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the company does not need to sell off the Chrome browser or Android as part of…
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The Download: Google’s AI energy use, and the AI Hype Index
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.…
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Google’s still not giving us the full picture on AI energy use
“We’re not comfortable revealing that for various reasons,” Dean told me on our call. The total number is an abstract measure that changes…
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The Download: Google’s AI energy expenditure, and handing over DNA data to the police
Google has just released a report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. In total, the median prompt—one that falls…
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Google’s Pixel 10 phones just got a long-overdue upgrade
Google’s latest Pixel 10 phones, which were just announced today, don’t come with many external physical changes. The most tangible…
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Google’s AI chatbot spirals, declaring ‘I am a disgrace to all universes’
AI might not have the capacity for human emotion, but it sure knows how to perform a believable mental breakdown. Back in June, Google’s…
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Google’s new AI feature helps Gen Zers who are afraid to make a phone call
Socially anxious Gen Zers, rejoice: Google’s new AI search feature will make phone calls so you don’t have to. The feature, which launches…
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Racist AI-generated videos are all over TikTok, thanks in part to Google’s Veo 3 tool
Racist AI-generated videos are going viral on TikTok, according to a new report from Media Matters for America, a progressive watchdog.…
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Google’s AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers
Alphabet’s Google has been hit by an EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews from a group of independent publishers, which has also…
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The Download: AI agents hype, and Google’s electricity plans
—Yoav Shoham is a professor emeritus at Stanford University and cofounder of AI21 Labs. At Google’s I/O 2025 event in May, the company…
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Google’s electricity demand is skyrocketing
Let’s start with fusion: Google’s deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems is intended to provide the tech giant with 200 megawatts of power.…
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OpenAI turns to Google's AI chips to power its products: source
OpenAI recently began renting Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) chips to power ChatGPT and its other products, a source close to the…
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Google's Launches Gemma 3n to Deliver Smarter, Offline AI to Mobile Devices and Laptops
Technology giant Google is upping its AI game by giving a tough time to its competitors and launching back-to-back AI models. Now the…