Google Vids is expanding from an AI assisted presentation tool into a broader video creation service. The new features let eligible users create a digital avatar based on their own appearance and voice. Sarah Perez reports for TechCrunch that Google Vids creates these personal avatars from an uploaded selfie and voice recording. Users can then …
Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, expanding its research assistant across the company’s AI ecosystem. Josh Woodward announces the change in an official Google blog post, noting that more than 30 million people and over 600,000 organizations already use the tool to summarize documents, prepare onboarding materials or turn notes into audio and video content. …
Google will soon let users see whether an ad was created or edited with artificial intelligence. Sarah Perez reports for TechCrunch that the feature expands to all ads on Search, YouTube and Discover, not just political ones. Businesses increasingly use AI to generate product images, place items in different settings, and cut costs on traditional …
Google is expanding its Gemini Spark assistant with a new macOS app, additional app connections and real time topic tracking. Adam Coimbra and Srinivasan (Cheenu) Venkatachary write for The Keyword that the updates aim to help users automate repetitive tasks across their desktop and favorite apps. Spark arrives on the Mac The new Gemini macOS …
Gemini in Google Slides can now generate a full, multi-slide presentation from a single prompt. The official blog post explains that users can ground the presentation in existing Google Drive content, match the style of another deck, and receive fully editable slides that allow further adjustments. According to the post, Gemini also suggests relevant files, …
Google has released a new AI image generation model aimed at developers and enterprise teams who need speed and low costs above all else. The model is officially called Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image but is marketed under the name Nano Banana 2 Lite. It generates images at 1,000 pixel resolution in around four seconds and …
Google has opened its Gemini Omni Flash model to developers and enterprise customers via API, bringing conversational video editing to professional workflows for the first time. Sam Witteveen reports for VentureBeat that the model, which debuted at Google I/O 2026, lets users generate and refine video clips through plain-language instructions rather than prompt-by-prompt generation from …
Google has made personalized AI image generation in its Gemini app available to all eligible users in the United States at no cost. Lauren Forristal reports for TechCrunch that the feature was previously restricted to paid subscribers on the Plus, Pro, and Ultra tiers. The feature is part of Gemini’s Personal Intelligence functionality, which uses …
Google has added an AI-powered note-taking feature to Google Meet. The official announcement explains that Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can now use “Take notes for me” on web and mobile. Eligible Google Workspace business customers also have access. The feature uses Gemini to transcribe conversations and generate a structured meeting summary with key …
Google has built computer use directly into Gemini 3.5 Flash, its latest AI model. Mateo Quiros writes for The Keyword, Google’s official blog, that the capability was previously only available as a separate standalone model. It is now integrated into the main Flash model, making it accessible to a much broader range of developers and …