Google unveils Veo 3 and Imagen 4

Google has announced significant updates to its generative AI portfolio with the introduction of Veo 3, Imagen 4, and a new filmmaking tool called Flow. Veo 3, the company’s latest video generation model, marks a breakthrough by incorporating audio capabilities, including dialogue between characters and ambient sounds such as traffic noise or birdsong. This feature … Read more

Google Gemini 2.5: enhanced reasoning and new capabilities

Google has announced significant updates to its Gemini AI model series, introducing new capabilities and performance improvements. The company revealed Gemini 2.5 Pro with „Deep Think,“ an experimental enhanced reasoning mode, and an improved 2.5 Flash version that offers better performance while using fewer computational resources. Gemini 2.5 Pro and Deep Think According to Google, … Read more

Google expands AI Mode in Search to all US users

Google has announced that its AI Mode in Search is now rolling out to all users in the United States, marking a significant expansion beyond the initial Labs testing phase. The company revealed this update during its I/O 2025 developer conference, alongside several new AI features coming to the search experience. AI Mode represents Google’s … Read more

Google’s Veo 2 AI video generator debuts on Honor 400 smartphones

Honor has integrated Google’s new Veo 2 AI image-to-video generator into its upcoming Honor 400 and 400 Pro smartphones, launching May 22nd. As reported by Dominic Preston, the feature converts static images into five-second videos within the phones’ Gallery app. The tool processes requests in one to two minutes and works with both portrait and … Read more

Analysis: Judge’s Google antitrust ruling may reshape AI competition

A federal judge’s antitrust case against Google has evolved into a debate about the future of artificial intelligence, according to reporting by David McCabe in The New York Times. The lawsuit, originally focused on Google’s search monopoly, now centers on whether the tech giant could leverage its dominance to control the emerging AI landscape. During … Read more

Google adds “AI Mode” tab to Search for some US users

Google is introducing an AI Mode tab in Search for a small percentage of US users in the coming weeks. This new feature will move from Google’s experimental Labs environment to the main Search interface, as reported by Jess Weatherbed. The AI Mode tab will appear first in the Search tab lineup, positioned to the … Read more

Google places ads in AI chatbot conversations

Google has expanded its AdSense for Search network to include advertisements within AI chatbot conversations, according to reporting by Julia Love for Bloomberg. This move is part of Alphabet’s strategy to maintain its digital advertising dominance as generative AI technology grows. Google tested the approach with AI startups including iAsk and Liner before wider implementation. … Read more

Google DeepMind researchers predict “Era of Experience” in AI

Google DeepMind’s David Silver and Richard S. Sutton predict a major shift in artificial intelligence development, which they call the “Era of Experience.” In a preprint paper for MIT Press, the researchers argue that AI will increasingly learn from its own experiences rather than human-generated data. The authors suggest that current AI systems, particularly large … Read more

Google expands NotebookLM Audio Overviews to over 50 languages

Google has made its NotebookLM Audio Overviews feature available in more than 50 languages, expanding accessibility globally. Michael Chen and Arielle Fox from Google Labs announced the update in an official post. The feature transforms source materials into podcast-like conversations and now supports languages ranging from Afrikaans to Hindi to Turkish. Users can select their … Read more

Google’s Gemma 3 models now run on consumer GPUs through quantization

Google has released new versions of its Gemma 3 AI models that can run on consumer-grade graphics cards through a technique called Quantization-Aware Training (QAT). This development makes powerful AI models accessible to users without high-end hardware. The company announced that QAT dramatically reduces memory requirements while maintaining high quality performance. Gemma 3’s largest 27B … Read more