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Google just launched “featured notebooks” in NotebookLM, and they’ve created something entirely new: eight curated collections from respected experts that come preloaded with interactive AI that can answer questions, generate podcast-style discussions, and create mind maps from the source material. The lineup includes Eric Topol’s longevity advice from “Super Agers,” The Economist’s 2025 predictions, Arthur Continue Reading →

Google launched photo-to-video capabilities in Gemini yesterday, allowing users to transform static images into eight-second video clips with AI-generated sound. The feature is available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in select countries and uses the company's Veo 3 AI video model. The feature was already available in Flow, Google's AI filmmaking tool that launched in May, but bringing it to Gemini expands access to a much wider user base. Photo-to-video generation is rolling out on the web today, with mobile users expected to have access by the weekend. Continue Reading →

The browser wars just got interesting. Reuters reported yesterday that OpenAI is launching an AI-powered web browser in the coming weeks. Three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that OpenAI will integrate ChatGPT directly into browsing, letting AI agents fill out forms, book reservations, and handle tasks without clicking through to websites. Continue Reading →

If you watched the NBA Finals on Wednesday night, you may have seen a surreal 30 seconds of AI-generated madness: an old man in a cowboy hat carrying a chihuahua, a swimmer in a pool of eggs, and an alien shotgunning a beer. It wasn’t a fever dream, it was a real ad from betting platform Kalshi. Cost: $2,000. Production team: one person. Tools: Google Veo 3, Gemini, CapCut. Continue Reading →

Yesterday, Reuters reported that OpenAI finalized a cloud deal with Google in May. This might look like routine tech news. It is not. This is a strategic inflection point in the AI infrastructure wars. OpenAI, whose ChatGPT threatens the core of Google Search, is now paying Google billions of dollars to power its growth. Continue Reading →

OpenAI's latest update to ChatGPT lets it read your files in Google Drive and Dropbox. Just like that, your cloud storage is now part of your prompt. Continue Reading →

NotebookLM, one of Google's most viral AI products, just got a really useful upgrade: users can now publicly share notebooks with a link. Continue Reading →

The News/Media Alliance’s blistering statement that Google “just takes content by force” and that its new AI Mode is “the definition of theft” lit up every tech feed yesterday. The publishers are right to be angry; Google’s latest search UI hides the familiar blue-link list behind a tab and surfaces a Gemini-generated answer built from their stories without compensation. Continue Reading →

On Wednesday, Google announced a new Gemini AI-powered ad product called Peak Points at its YouTube Brandcast event in New York. The AI identifies moments during a video when viewers are most engaged, then drops in an ad. In theory, ads will perform better because the messages appear during emotionally resonant or attention-rich segments. Of course, it could completely backfire. People may be so engaged in the programming that they ignore the ads. Test and learn. Continue Reading →

In an unsurprising move, Google is putting generative AI at the center of its most valuable real estate. The company is redesigning its homepage to feature “AI Overviews,” a mode that uses Gemini to synthesize information directly on the results page. For users, this means fewer blue links, more summarized answers, and the beginning of the transition from search engine to answer engine. Continue Reading →