Do you remember netbooks? I’d forgive you for not. The next big thing of a bygone era, netbooks were a short-lived and much-derided product of the late 00s. Born before the iPad and the iPhone, and just as the modern internet was starting to find its feet. Not necessarily a commercial failure, and ultimately replaced by the far more successful Ultrabook, Netbooks are a fascinating tale of public expectations for the future moving faster than the surrounding technology.
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Google announces new scam detection tools that provide real-time alerts during phone calls
Google just announced forthcoming scam detection tools coming to Android phones later this year, which is a good thing as these scammers keep getting better and better at parting people from their money. The toolset, revealed at Google I/O 2024, is still in the testing stages but uses AI to suss out fraudsters in the middle of a conversation.You read that right. The AI will be constantly on the … [Read More...]
With Gemini Live, Google wants you to relax and have a natural chat with AI
While Google and OpenAI have been racing to win the AI crown over the past year, we've seemingly reverted away from the idea of speaking to virtual assistants. Generative AI products have typically launched with text-only inputs, and only later add the ability to search images and basic voice commands. At Google I/O today, the company showed off Gemini Live, a new mobile experience for natural … [Read More...]
Google's Gemini Nano brings better image-description smarts to its TalkBack vision tool
The Google I/O event is here, and the company is announcing lots of great updates for your Android device. As we heard earlier, Gemini Nano is getting multimodal support, meaning your Android will still process text but with a better understanding of other factors like sights, sounds and spoken language. Now Google has shared that the new tool is also coming to it's TalkBack feature.TalkBack is an … [Read More...]
"Help me write" will run on-device in Google Chrome, powered by Gemini Nano
If you consider yourself an AI aficionado, then you probably already play around with tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Copilot. However, in an upcoming Chrome 126 update, as announced at this year's Google I/O, you'll soon be able to use the power of Gemini Nano to write short-form content for you. "Write for me" is a feature that you can sign up for in the preview program now, and it'll … [Read More...]
Google Play preps a new full-screen app discovery feature and adds more developer tools
Though overshadowed by AI news this year, Google’s I/O 2024 developer conference also focuses on what’s new for those building for Android. This year, it’s Google Play that’s getting attention, with a new discovery feature for apps, new ways to acquire users, updates to Play Points, and other enhancements to developer-facing tools like the Google Play SDK Console and Play Integrity API, among … [Read More...]
Gemini on Android becomes more capable and works with Gmail, Messages, YouTube and more
Google’s Gemini on Android, its AI replacement for Google Assistant, will soon be taking advantage of its ability to deeply integrate with Android’s mobile operating system and Google’s apps. At the Google I/O 2024 developer conference on Tuesday, the company announced that users will be able to pull up the Gemini overlay on top of the app they’re using in more ways. It’s also updating Android’s … [Read More...]
Google’s invisible AI watermark will help identify generative text and video
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Google builds Gemini right into Android, adding contextual awareness within apps
Google just announced some nifty improvements to its Gemini AI chatbot for Android devices as part of the company’s I/O 2024 event. The AI is now part of the Android operating system, allowing it to integrate in a more comprehensive way.The coolest new feature wouldn’t be possible without that integration with the underlying OS. Gemini is now much better at understanding context as you control … [Read More...]
Android's Circle to Search can now help students solve math and physics homework
Google has introduced another capability for its Circle to Search feature at the company's annual I/O developer conference, and it's something that could help students better understand potentially difficult class topics. The feature will now be able to show them step-by-step instructions for a "range of physics and math word problems." They just have to activate the feature by long-pressing the … [Read More...]
Google gets serious about AI-generated video at Google I/O 2024
Google’s gunning for OpenAI’s Sora with Veo, an AI model that can create 1080p video clips around a minute long given a text prompt. Unveiled on Tuesday at Google’s I/O 2024 developer conference, Veo can capture different visual and cinematic styles, including shots of landscapes and timelapses, and make edits and adjustments to already-generated footage. “We’re exploring … [Read More...]