AI Won’t Make Us Smarter by Default
A developer argues that while they support LLMs and generative AI, the relationship people are building with these tools could make society less informed and more dependent on systems they don't under…
Google LLC is a multinational technology company and subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. In AI, Google developed the Transformer architecture, the Gemini series of LLMs, and DeepMind's AlphaFold protein structure predictor.
A developer argues that while they support LLMs and generative AI, the relationship people are building with these tools could make society less informed and more dependent on systems they don't under…
Google Search briefly displayed a false death notice for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on August 13, 2026, after a vandalized Wikipedia page claimed he died on August 12, 2026. Google acknowledged the error o…
Anthropic has begun embedding an imperceptible watermark into text generated by supported Claude models globally since August 2, aiming to comply with the European Union's AI Act, but the move has dra…
Google announced at its Made by Google event that its Gemini AI will soon connect with third-party apps including Pandora, OpenTable (UK), Ticketmaster, and Zocdoc, enabling actions like booking reser…
An Android Authority teardown of Gboard beta v18.0.3 reveals that Google's Rambler speech-to-text tool will offer two dictionary options: using the existing Gboard dictionary or a Rambler Dictionary t…
Google's Made by Google 2026 hardware event delivered an awkward keynote, while new AI models from xAI (Grok 4.6) and DeepSeek (DeepSeek V4 Pro) were released, posing competitive pressure on Google. T…
Google's Pixel 11 series, announced on August 13, 2026, introduces camera features that closely mirror existing offerings from Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, and vivo. The new Camera Looks feature resembles …
Anthropic's share of US business AI spending rose to 43.5% in July, a 1.1 percentage point gain, widening its lead over OpenAI, which grew 0.23 points to 39.7%, according to the Ramp AI Index. xAI pos…
Google's AI doctor experiment separates conversational interaction from clinical reasoning, a design that could improve diagnostic accuracy and patient trust. The approach, detailed in a recent update…
Google has responded after its search engine falsely displayed that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had died on August 12, attributing the error to vandalism of public information sources, likely Wikipedia. The…
Microsoft has shut at least 15 branch offices and joint ventures in China over the past five years and considered exiting the market in 2023, but decided to stay due to profitable business with Chines…
A developer launched IAcademy, a Spanish-language AI education platform with over 160 static HTML guides, and shared the architecture and SEO results after three months. The site, built with Next.js a…
Elon Musk told SpaceX employees that AI revenue could overtake rockets, spacecraft and Starlink as soon as September, according to Business Insider. In Q2, SpaceX generated $7.81 billion in revenue, w…
A senior software engineer at BS23 in Dhaka rebuts Google's claim that Go is the ideal language for AI-assisted coding, arguing that Java's stronger type system provides better guardrails against AI-g…
Google raised Pixel 11 prices at its Made by Google 2026 event on August 12, with the standard Pixel 11 starting at $899, the Pixel 11 Pro at $1,099, and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold at $1,899, as Gemini AI …
Form Energy raised $750 million in a Series G round led by T. Rowe Price to expand manufacturing of its iron-air batteries, which can discharge for up to 100 hours and are in demand from AI data cente…
Google's Pixel 11 lineup, announced with U.S. orders opening August 12, 2026, starts at $899, up from $799 for the Pixel 10, while base storage rises from 128GB to 256GB. The phones feature the Tensor…
Google's parent company Alphabet generates more than 70% of its total revenue from online advertising, and in 2026 Google changed its Search privacy controls so that saved media could be used to devel…
Google co-founder Sergey Brin privately urged Google DeepMind staff to accelerate work on the Gemini model, as Alphabet Inc. seeks to close the gap with rivals Anthropic and OpenAI, according to two p…
Google Gemini fell four places to rank 16 in Similarweb's July 2026 ranking of the world's most-visited websites, while ChatGPT held firm at rank 5. The drop follows Gemini's first traffic-share decli…