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Blaise Agüera y Arcas, a Google vice president and chief technology officer of Technology & Society who leads the Paradigms of Intelligence research group, is featured in a Big Think discussion about his 2025 book What Is Intelligence?, in which he argues that modern AI systems aren’t just tools that mimic human thought but operate on the same computational ....

The article explains that after OpenAI’s ChatGPT initially dominated the AI chatbot scene, Google has staged a comeback and pulled ahead in the artificial-intelligence race by launching a powerful new version of its Gemini AI models and overhauling its search engine with AI-centric features, marking one of the biggest changes to Google Search in years. Google’s long-term investments in ....

Google is unveiling major AI-powered upgrades to Gmail as it “enters the Gemini era,” using its latest Gemini 3 AI model to make your inbox a more proactive, helpful experience for users. The update adds AI Overviews that summarize long email threads and let you ask natural-language questions about your inbox, plus enhanced writing tools like Help Me Write, Suggested ....

Here’s a concise summary of what the Fast Company article says about how Google just changed Gmail and how it might reshape how you use your inbox: Google has begun rolling out a major AI-powered overhaul of Gmail that goes beyond small feature tweaks and could change how the service works for billions of users. At the center of ....

Google outlines its vision for the Gemini app as a form of personal intelligence that goes beyond answering questions to actively supporting users in their daily lives. The app is designed to understand context, remember preferences, and adapt to individual goals so it can help with planning, organization, and decision making over time. Rather than being purely reactive, Gemini aims ....

Google has launched the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) — an open standard designed to let AI agents handle the entire online shopping process, from product discovery to checkout and payment — directly within AI interfaces like Search’s AI Mode and the Gemini app. This means that instead of manually switching between retailer sites to browse, compare, and buy, a ....

Google has removed some of its AI-generated health summaries (called AI Overviews) from search results after an investigation found that they provided false or misleading medical information that could potentially put people at risk. The issue came to light when AI Overviews for queries like “what is the normal range for liver blood tests” failed to include key context ....

Google is rolling out a major update to Chrome that deeply integrates its Gemini 3 AI model right into the browser with a new side panel assistant and an agentic feature called “auto browse.”Auto browse goes beyond traditional autofill by autonomously completing multi-step tasks—like researching flights or hotels, comparing products, filling out forms, planning trips, and even adding items ....

Google’s post says its “Personal Intelligence” feature is expanding in the U.S. across AI Mode in Search, the Gemini app, and Gemini in Chrome, with the goal of giving more personalized answers by connecting information from apps like Gmail and Google Photos. It highlights examples such as shopping suggestions based on past purchases, tech support tailored to specific devices ....

Google’s post introduces Lyria 3 Pro, a more advanced version of its music generation model that can create tracks up to three minutes long and better follow song structure, including elements like intros, verses, choruses, and bridges. The article says this makes it easier to build more polished songs with smoother transitions and more detailed creative control. Google is ....

Google says it is setting a 2029 target for moving its systems to post-quantum cryptography, arguing that progress in quantum computing means the industry needs to prepare now rather than wait for today’s encryption to become vulnerable. The post says the risk is not just future break-ins, because attackers could steal encrypted data now and try to decrypt it ....

Google TV is adding three new Gemini features meant to make the TV screen more useful for quick answers and casual learning. The first is richer visual help, so questions about things like sports, recipes, movies, or dinner ideas can return a mix of live scorecards, where-to-watch info, videos, and text instead of just a basic reply. The second ....

Google’s February AI roundup says the month was focused on showing how AI can solve practical problems at a global scale, especially through partnerships and investments announced at its AI Impact Summit in India. It also highlights several product updates, including Nano Banana 2 for faster high-quality image generation, Lyria 3 for music creation, and Flow for generating, editing, ....

Google is introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite as its fastest and cheapest model in the Gemini 3 line, aimed at developers who need to handle large amounts of work without spending much per request. It is rolling out in preview through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and through Vertex AI for enterprise users. The post says the model ....

Google’s post introduces Nano Banana 2, also called Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, as a new image model that tries to combine the higher-end capabilities of Nano Banana Pro with much faster generation and editing speed. It says the model is better at using real-world knowledge, following detailed instructions, generating readable text inside images, and keeping characters or objects consistent ....

Apple’s AI partnership with Google is reportedly much broader than previously understood, giving Apple deep access to Gemini inside its own data centers and the ability to build smaller, customized versions of the model for specific Siri tasks. That would let Apple use distillation to create faster, more efficient models that can run on devices instead of relying as ....

The post says Google Maps is getting two major Gemini-powered upgrades, one focused on discovering places and the other on driving. A new feature called Ask Maps lets users ask detailed, real-world questions in a conversational way, then returns personalized recommendations on a map, using fresh local information, reviews, and a person’s saved preferences to help turn ideas into ....

The post says Google is expanding Gemini across Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive to help paid Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers get from a blank page to a finished project faster. In Docs, Gemini can draft and revise content using relevant files, emails, and web information, while also matching a user’s writing style or the format of an ....

Google is rolling out major upgrades to Google Translatepowered by its advanced Gemini AI models to deliver more natural, accurate translations, especially for idioms, slang, and nuanced phrases. The update introduces state-of-the-art Gemini translation capabilities for text across Search and the Translate app, improving how meaning and context are captured. It also launches a beta real-time speech-to-speech translation experience ....