Google adds notebooks to Gemini app for better project organization

Google is adding a notebooks feature to the Gemini app, giving users a dedicated space to organize chats, files, and documents around specific topics or projects. The company describes notebooks as personal knowledge bases that will eventually work across multiple Google products. Users can create a notebook from the side panel in the Gemini app. …

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Google’s AI Overviews are wrong millions of times per hour

Google’s AI Overviews are accurate about 91 percent of the time. This sounds good at first, but Tripp Mickle and colleagues report for The New York Times that this still means the search engine delivers tens of millions of incorrect answers every hour. The New York Times commissioned AI startup Oumi to test Google’s system …

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Google adds AI music and customizable avatars to Vids

Google has expanded its video creation tool, Google Vids, with several new AI-powered features. The updates cover music generation, customizable avatars, and direct publishing to YouTube. Users can now generate original music tracks directly inside Google Vids. Powered by Google’s Lyria 3 and Lyria 3 Pro models, the tool lets users type a text prompt …

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Google releases Gemma 4, its most capable open AI model family

Google has launched Gemma 4, a new family of open-weight AI models that the company describes as its most capable to date. The models are built on the same research and technology as Google DeepMind’s proprietary Gemini 3 system and are released under an Apache 2.0 open-source license, which allows developers to use and modify …

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Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, its most affordable video generation model

Google has added Veo 3.1 Lite to its Gemini API, positioning it as the most affordable model in the Veo 3.1 family. The company says the model targets developers building high-volume video applications. According to Google, Veo 3.1 Lite costs less than 50% of Veo 3.1 Fast while offering the same generation speed. Pricing on …

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Google’s free TurboQuant algorithm can slash AI costs significantly

Google Research has released TurboQuant, a new compression algorithm designed to reduce the memory demands of large language models. The company says it can shrink a model’s key-value cache by at least six times and speed up a core processing step called attention computation by up to eight times, all without retraining the model or …

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Google’s Lyria 3 Pro brings structure to AI-generated music

Google has expanded its AI music generation capabilities with the launch of Lyria 3 Pro, a model that creates tracks up to three minutes long. Myriam Hamed Torres writes for Google DeepMind that the model understands musical structure, allowing users to prompt for specific elements such as intros, verses, choruses, and bridges. Lyria 3 Pro …

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Google expands Search Live globally

Google has expanded Search Live, its voice and camera-based search feature, to all countries and languages where AI Mode is available. The rollout covers more than 200 countries and territories. Search Live lets users ask questions by speaking out loud instead of typing. The feature responds with audio and can also draw on live camera …

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Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash Live voice model

Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, its latest real-time voice and audio model. Valeria Wu and Yifan Ding write in the Google Blog that the model offers faster responses and improved natural conversation compared to its predecessor. The model is available in several Google products. Developers can access it via the Gemini Live API …

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You can now bring your entire AI history with you when switching to Gemini

Google has launched new tools for its Gemini AI assistant that allow users to transfer their chat history and personal preferences from other AI apps, such as ChatGPT and Claude, directly into Gemini. The update introduces two main features. Users can now import a summary of personal context — such as interests, relationships, and preferences …

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