Sheena Vasani, a writer known for her coverage of commerce, tech news, and e-readers, recently reported that Google’s SynthID, a text watermarking technology, has been made open-source through the Google Responsible Generative AI Toolkit. Announced on X, this development allows other generative AI developers to integrate the technology into their own systems to detect AI-generated…
Google has made a significant push into AI this year, placing its latest AI model, Gemini, at the forefront of its services. Integrated deeply across various Google platforms, Gemini has even taken the place of Google Assistant as the default assistant on Android devices. However, despite this major role, Gemini currently lacks many features that…
Google Photos, widely recognized as one of the most popular image editing applications on both Android and iOS, has recently introduced several new AI-driven features that aim to make editing videos simpler and more engaging. With these enhancements, Google Photos now offers an improved video editing experience, allowing users to transform their video clips into…
YouTube appears to be in the early stages of launching its new community notes feature, with the rollout currently limited to a select group of users. Reports of YouTube’s official invitations to join the pilot program for this community-driven correction feature have begun circulating widely on social media, as noted by 9to5Google. Originally announced in…
Google has unveiled a set of new features for Google Maps specifically tailored for India, including long-requested support for incident reports on Android Auto. In a recent blog post, Google highlighted six new features for Maps in India. These features cater to regional needs, such as “Flyover” routes-elevated roads intended to reduce traffic congestion. The…
Google Maps has long been evolving and enhancing its interface, gaining popularity for its creativity and functionality. The latest update further improves the navigation experience on Android devices by introducing a new sheet-based design that replaces traditional full-screen menus, keeping the map visible at all times. This global rollout showcases a fresh design with softer,…
New features are being added to Vertex AI, the Google Cloud development platform that enables businesses to create services utilizing Google’s massive language models and machine learning to help stop apps and services from spreading false information. Following the May general release of Vertex AI’s Grounding with Google Search feature, which allows models to pull…
Ad blocker extensions have already been removed from YouTube, and now mobile users will also have difficulty seeing ad-free videos. YouTube launched a campaign last year against online ad blockers, and it has now launched an initiative to counter third-party blocker applications as well. YouTube had previously stated that the goal of the policy is…
We’ve all experienced it: a website quietly presses you into signing up for updates, or an attractive deal appears in return for your email address. Before you know it, thousands of unread messages build up in your inbox because you failed to unsubscribe. An planned feature in Gmail attempts to give users more control over…
One of Google’s two main yearly developer conferences, Cloud Next (together with I/O) often offers only managed and other closed source, gated behind locked-down APIs products and services. But this year, Google unveiled a series of open source tools mostly intended to support generative AI projects and infrastructure, maybe in an effort to promote developer…