Last week, we noted Kickstarter’s new content guidelines, which had some pretty weird new additions, including a prohibition on “sexual wellness products that are not designed for insertion or penetration and are not marketed primarily for sexual gratification.” Those rules have now been eliminated and the company has restored an earlier version of its guidelines. […]
Gemini is gaining the power of sight and mobility. Today at the I/O conference, Google and Volvo announced that the AI-powered assistant will be able to access external cameras in the upcoming EX60 SUV to help explain and interpret its surroundings to vehicle owners. The upgrade is possible thanks to Volvo’s use of Google’s embedded […]
Google’s I/O 2026 keynote today was once again full of AI-related announcements including a new family of Gemini 3.5 AI models, new features for Search and Gmail, and updates about its Project Aura smart glasses. If you weren’t able to tune into the event’s livestream today or follow along with our live blog, you can […]
Google DeepMind is integrating Street View with Project Genie to create immersive, interactive world simulations for robotics, gaming, and travel, allowing users to explore environments, weather changes, and rare scenarios.
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company’s annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.
Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.
Google is making a big push into cybersecurity. At I/O, the company announced that it was inviting select groups of experts to test the API for CodeMender, an “AI agent for code security” it debuted last October. The difference is that Google is now making the tool more widely available externally – and marketing it […]
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.
OpenAI announced two new measures to help detect AI generated imagery: joining the open C2PA standard and adding Google’s SynthID to its products.