Google DeepMind is testing Backstory, an AI-supported tool designed to help journalists and fact-checkers investigate misleading, manipulated and AI-generated images. Andrew Deck writes for Nieman Lab that the experimental service is available to selected journalists, open-source investigators, librarians and media literacy researchers through Google’s Trusted Testers Program. Users upload an image and ask a basic …
Google’s AI-generated search summaries are intensifying concerns about the reliability and long-term accessibility of online information. Vass Bednar writes for The Walrus that incorrect AI answers, disappearing webpages and weakened archives could undermine the internet’s role as a public record. Google’s AI Overviews place a generated answer between users and the original source. Bednar points …
Google is introducing a setting that lets users remove visible watermarks from AI generated images, videos and music created in Gemini and Flow. Emma Roth reports for The Verge that the option controls the small sparkle symbol shown in the lower right corner of media produced with Google’s Nano Banana and Omni models. Users can …
Google has introduced Gemini 3.7 Flash, a new version of its lower cost AI model aimed at coding, workplace tasks and AI agents that use software tools. The company is offering an introductory API price of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens through the end of 2026. Prices are set …
Google is positioning the Pixel 11 family less as a hardware refresh and more as a vehicle for Gemini features that can act across apps, handle routine requests and reshape how photos are processed. The new phones introduce agent-like Gemini tasks, expanded translation tools and AI camera functions, while the Pixel Watch 5 extends Google’s …
Google’s SynthID watermark can remain detectable after severe image compression, resizing and screenshots, but it cannot reliably distinguish authentic media from the growing volume of unlabeled AI content. Ryan Whitwam writes for Ars Technica that tests of images generated and edited with Google AI found SynthID still detectable after 300 rounds of simulated sharing and …
Google has paused a Google Earth feature that let users generate artificial satellite images from text prompts, following strong criticism from journalists, human rights advocates and open-source investigators. Geoff Brumfiel reports for NPR that Google removed the tool one day after introducing it. The company says it saw screenshots of generated images that appeared to …
Some publicly shared Claude conversations and Artifacts have appeared in Google Search results, making them accessible to people who did not receive the original links. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that Reddit and X users found Claude pages through Google queries targeting the service’s sharing URLs. The issue does not indicate that private Claude accounts …
Google’s expansion of AI-powered search is raising fresh concerns that the company could weaken the open web by keeping users inside its own products. Kate Conger reports for The New York Times that publishers, retailers and other website operators are seeing search traffic fall as Google provides more answers directly through AI. Google’s AI Mode …
Google is expanding its Gemini model family with two lower-cost general-purpose models and a cybersecurity-focused system that is initially limited to governments and trusted partners. The releases underline Google’s effort to compete on the price, speed and operating efficiency of AI tools, particularly for companies building automated workflows. The most capable of the new public …