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Google updated Gemini for Mac with a system-wide voice dictation mode activated by long-pressing the Fn key, allowing users to speak naturally from any window. The update also introduces an opt-in scr…

Google launched the Gemini Distillation Service, an early-access tool that lets users train a smaller 'student' model (gemini-2.5-flash) using outputs and reasoning paths from the larger 'teacher' mod…

Shared AI chat links from Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot can appear in search results, creating a privacy risk that developers must address by design, not just by user deletion. Reports from Wir…

Waymo is adding Google's Gemini AI assistant to its Ojai robotaxi for the first time, alongside a major redesign of the in-car screen interface, as the company prepares to open the purpose-built vehic…

Hugging Face now hosts more than 135,000 GGUF-formatted models for local AI, and the best local coding model for 24GB VRAM is Qwen 3.6 27B, while Google's Gemma 4 12B at Q4 is recommended for 12–16GB …

Over 1,224 employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google (including DeepMind), and Meta have signed an open letter titled 'Pacing the Frontier,' urging the US government to support international governance…

Apple became the second company in history to reach a $5tn market value on Tuesday, touching $5.04tn, by refusing to heavily invest in AI while rivals like Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft spend …

Extropic, a startup founded by physicist Guillaume Verdon, published a case for thermodynamic computing on July 29th, arguing that AI scaling will eventually be constrained by electricity and cooling …

A large-scale cross-framework agentic security evaluation by an unnamed research team found that orchestration framework choice explains only 0.06% of outcome variance, while attack family accounts fo…

Google is rolling out advanced voice control for Gemini for macOS, enabling intelligent dictation and context-aware commands. The update, announced at I/O 2026, lets users speak naturally into any win…

Google announced Wednesday that its Gemini app for MacOS is adding intelligent dictation and a Screen Awareness mode, allowing the AI to see active windows and execute tasks like turning highlighted n…

A developer has released TurboFieldfare, an open-source Swift and Metal engine that runs Google's Gemma 4 26B-A4B instruction-tuned model in about 2 GB of RAM on any Apple Silicon Mac, including 8 GB …

Compute costs could rise 10x or more in coming years, according to an analysis of AI lab economics. If a human-level software engineer could run on an H100 equivalent, that GPU should rent for over $2…

Google has renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, adding native code execution via a secure cloud computer and cross-app syncing with the Gemini app and Google Search. The upgrade is available first t…

Google's Gemini desktop app on macOS now lets users press and hold the fn key to issue voice commands from any app, with the AI able to understand on-screen content to rewrite documents, polish emails…

Google announced two new updates for Gemini on macOS on Wednesday, including intelligent dictation that polishes spoken text and a screen-aware reasoning feature that lets Gemini understand the Mac's …

Google will let Mac users talk to Gemini simply by pressing the 'fn' key, according to a report. The feature is expected to roll out soon, though the article's body was unavailable due to a 403 error.…

The Linux Foundation's x402 initiative, backed by over 40 organizations including Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe, aims to create internet-native payment standards for software, enabling AI agents to mak…

Google has quietly removed its 'Me Meme' AI tool from Google Photos, deleting the support page and social media announcements just months after its launch. The feature, which let users insert their li…

Google is relabeling its Smart Bidding options and changing how budget-limited campaigns hit their targets starting June 2026, according to a Search Engine Journal guide. Target CPA and target ROAS wi…