Gemini

A Hacker News user asks whether AI systems should be required to answer the direct question 'are you an AI' with a clear yes, noting that some models, such as Character AI's characters, do not, while …

KinetixSEO, a new SEO and AI-citation tool, launched with a free snapshot and paid analyses starting at €29, offering page-specific fixes and a re-scan to verify each fix went live. The tool uses 39 s…

1min.AI's Advanced Business Plan lifetime subscription is available for $69.97 (regularly $540) through Aug. 9, offering access to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Mistral, and other AI tools in one browser-b…

Google is dismantling its DeepMind AI lab, with founder Demis Hassabis expected to leave in the coming months and researcher Koray Kavukcuoglu taking over day-to-day operations without the CEO title. …

A new guide from AI consulting firm [company name not provided] outlines how businesses can build custom AI agents powered by large language models (LLMs) such as Claude, GPT-4, and Gemini to improve …

Empresas que usam chatbots genéricos de atendimento ao cliente enfrentam taxas de resolução autônoma de apenas 15-25%, levando à frustração dos usuários e aumento de tickets para equipes humanas. A al…

YouBooks AI is offering a lifetime subscription for $36.75 (regularly $540) through Aug. 9 with code AUG25, enabling users to generate publish-ready 300,000-word manuscripts. The platform, powered by …

Google is rolling out a prominent Gemini bar at the bottom of Google Docs for some users, and WIRED provides instructions to disable it. For personal accounts, users can turn off the feature by unchec…

Google is replacing Google Assistant with Gemini across Android phones, tablets, Wear OS devices, and some Android Auto cars, with the transition expected to be completed by September. Lifehacker outl…

Google is finalizing its Gemini Proactive Assistance feature, expected to debut with the Pixel 11 launch on August 12, 2026. New onboarding screens discovered in Google app version 17.47.17.sa.arm64 r…

OpenAI plans to release a palm-size, doughnut-shaped AI smart speaker in 2027, priced between $300 and $400, according to a Bloomberg report citing unnamed sources. The device, designed with help from…

Google is developing a new AI-powered voice notes feature called Conversation Capture, internally codenamed Auris, which will record and transcribe audio and offer optional Gemini integration for summ…

Klub Kofta Studio, the developer of the tower defense game Operation Octo, claims that Google's Gemini chatbot disclosed a character name that had only been shared in a private Google Doc, raising con…

Roboflow published a tutorial for building an AI video car damage inspector that uses an RF-DETR model, ByteTrack tracking, and Gemini to generate digitally signed PDF reports. The system timestamps v…

The global AI assistant market was valued at $19.1 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $114.1 billion by 2035, according to MarketsandMarkets. Databricks reports that over 72% of Genie Code user…

Google is rolling out a new overlay design for Gemini on Wear OS, version 1.36, that mirrors the Neural Expressive style on Android phones, appearing over the watch face instead of opening the full ap…

A backend engineer on Hacker News reported that after using AI to code for half a year, he forgot how to handwrite a JSON parser, a skill he once had mastered. The engineer's experience, which drew hu…

Google has added new agentic capabilities to its Gemini-powered Ask Maps assistant in Google Maps, enabling multi-step tasks such as ordering food for pickup, checking hotel availability, and receivin…

Boing Boing reports that 1min.AI offers a lifetime subscription covering ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI tools for a one-time $70 payment, aiming to replace multiple monthly AI subscriptions. Th…

A former Google Ads team member who helped scale the platform to billions in advertiser spend says AI search is the biggest shift yet, moving the game from ranking to being the answer, and cites Semru…