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Google’s language model “NotebookLM” app hits public testing
Enlarge / The lobby of Google’s new campus and office in Singapore. Getty Images Google has a company-wide mandate to pump out products that use a ChatGPT-style language model, and the latest is Google NotebookLM. This Google’s third notebook app, after Google Notebook (2008-2012) and Google Keep (2013- ). This was originally announced at Google …
Google’s Photo App Still Can’t Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple’s.
Credit…Desiree Rios/The New York Times Eight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled as gorillas by image analysis software — and despite big advances in computer vision — tech giants still fear repeating the mistake. May 22, 2023 When Google released its stand-alone Photos app in May 2015, people were wowed by what …
YouTube Stories, Google’s clone of Snapchat, is dying on June 26
YouTube Stories would sometimes show up in your subscription feed. (Sorry about the arrow, blame YouTube.) Mostly, though, they hung out in this backroom tab. The stories auto-deleting means the screen always looked nearly dead like this. The creation interface. YouTube’s “copy the hot new video site” strategy is ending the way it often does—with …
Google’s Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week’s layoffs
Enlarge / Google’s Fuchsia OS, circa 2018, running on a Pixelbook. Ron Amadeo Google is still reeling from the biggest layoff in company history last Friday. Earlier cost cuts over the past six months have resulted in several projects being shut down or deprioritized at Google, and it’s hard to fire 12,000 people without some …
Google’s biggest announcements at I/O 2022
Google has wrapped up its two-hour-long I/O keynote, which was absolutely packed with news. We heard about AI, Android, and, of course, a plethora of Pixel hardware. Here are the biggest announcements we saw on Wednesday. Google isn’t bumping the price of its A lineup.Image: Google Google announced its new mid-tier phone, the Pixel 6A, …
Google’s earthquake alerts system to be made available in more countries
American technology conglomerate Google recently announced that its earthquake alerts system will now work in more countries. The safety feature essentially creates a large network of earthquake detectors by utilising sensors in Android phones worldwide. Android users around the world can take advantage of the system by looking up “earthquakes near me” for “near-instant” updates. …
Google’s own iOS apps were begging for updates that don’t exist, but the company says it was because of a bug
Google hasn’t updated many of its iOS apps in weeks, perhaps to avoid potential criticism from what might be revealed from Apple’s new mandatory App Store privacy labels. But for a little while on Wednesday, some of Google’s own iOS apps seemed to be complaining about the wait: we were seeing confusing notices inside Gmail, …
Create your own moody quarantine music with Google’s AI
The Google Magenta team, which makes machine-learning tools for the creative process, has made models that help you compose melodies, and tools that help you sketch cats. Mostly because it’s fun, but also to explore how AI can make creation more accessible. Its latest project now gives anyone a chance to make quarantine tunes to …
OnePlus Nord will rely on Google’s calling and messaging apps
OnePlus is still dribbling out details of its sub-$500 Nord ahead of the phone’s July 21st launch, and its latest may be noteworthy if you loathe redundant pre-installed apps. The company has revealed (via 9to5Google) that the Nord will use Google’s phone, Messages apps rather than OnePlus’ own. It’ll come with Duo, too. The phone …
Google’s Area 120 reveals Pinterest-like app called Keen
The latest experiment to come out of Google’s Area 120 sounds an awful lot like Pinterest. The new web and Android app, Keen, encourages users to make a “Keen” (essentially a Pinterest board) about any topic they’d like. Users can add links, photos and other resources, invite friends to collaborate and follow “Keens” they find …
