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Google's Gemini AI is slowly making its way into every product that it has in its arsenal, and Workspace for Education is no exception, with two new paid add-ons and more data protections for free.

Google explained how it narrowed to the Gemini name for its generative AI model. It means 'twins' in Latin, and one of its inspirations is NASA's human spaceflight program that happened in the 1960s.

At Google I/O 2024, Google announced a new experimental feature for the Google Photos app. It's an assistant called Ask Photos that takes natural language queries to pull out old photos and videos.

Google has announced a bunch of new AI-powered experiences for Android devices. They include the ability to explain homework using Circle to Search, better scam detection, TalkBack updates, and more.

During the I/O 2024 conference, Google revealed what it calls Project Astra. It is an experimental project that's being developed as an AI assistant that uses video and audio to answer questions.

Google I/O 2024 will start in a matter of a few hours with over 100 sessions, workshops, codelabs, and demos planned. Check out when and where you can live stream the official Google Keynote.

Not long after OpenAI showcased GPT-4o, Google uploaded a demo video showing a prototype version of Gemini analyzing a camera feed in real time. It's expected to talk more about AI at Google I/O.

The latest version of the Gemini AI app is reportedly gaining a new feature that is already available on the web version of the AI assistant. The feature will help users save time by pausing prompts.

Google is spotted working on a new YouTube Music extension for Gemini to utilize its AI powers. The extension will provide you with better search results by accessing your YouTube Music information.

Team members at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and other companies are anonymously reporting that they are being asked to develop AI services as fast as possible, and many are experiencing burnout.

A fresh leak shows that the Google Gemini app will soon let you read responses as they are generated rather than wait for the entire response to be generated first, in line with the web version.

Google Gemini has some limitations, one of which is the inability to identify songs or work with third-party music apps. But as per a new tip, Gemini could soon let you choose your music service.

Google has launched Gemini for Android Studio, a code assistant AI powered by Gemini 1.0 Pro. The company said the feature is free to use but it's language suggests it'll become paid in the future.

Google has added a bunch of new features to the Gemini AI assistant. The generative AI chatbot can start navigation in Google Maps automatically when you issue a command asking for directions.

Apple is reportedly in talks to build Google's Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone. Both companies are in negotiations to let Apple license Gemini to power some new iPhone features.

Google has revealed that the 2024 edition of its Google I/O developers conference will be held two months from now on May 14. The event will be held mostly online, with only a small live audience

Anthropic has revealed its latest AI large language models. The Claude 3 family of LLMs includes its most advanced model, Claude 3 Opus, which the company claims beats GPT-4 and Gemini in benchmarks.

Microsoft has released a beta version of its Copilot app for Android devices. It can now replace Android's Google Assistant, although it does not yet have all of its possible functions.

Google shut down making people in the Gemini image generator feature after it began to show inappropriate artwork. Google now says two issues with its text prompt rules caused those problems.

Google's Gemini has faced backlash for demonstrating racial bias in the images it generates of people. Google acknowledged that AI had shortcomings in balanced, inclusive representation.

Google has announced its recently launched Google One AI Premium plan now includes access to use its Gemini Advanced AI with Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Meet for $19.99 a month

Google is rolling out Gemini for Workspace for corporate customers. Apart from a stand-alone chatting experience with Gemini, users are getting generative AI capabilities in Workspace.

Google has just announced yet another kind of language model for generative AI use, Gemma. However, this new model is designed to be used by researchers on their laptops or desktop PCs.

Generative AI services could be a major threat to traditional search engines by 2026, according to Gartner. It said that search engine volumes will drop by 25% in the next two years as people switch.

Google has opened up Gemini 1.5 Pro for testing. To gain access, users need to fill in a form on Google AI Studio and sit on a waitlist until granted access. It performs much better than Gemini 1.0.

Google Bard is now officially Gemini. The company has announced the rebranding alongside a dedicated mobile app, and Gemini Advanced powered by Google's new AI model called Ultra 1.0.

Google has announced some updates to its Bard AI chatbot, including support for the Gemini Pro large language model and an updated Imagen 2 model for more advanced image generation.

Google has officially announced Gemini, its new generative AI large language model that will be used in its Bard chatbot as well as in its Google Pixel 8 Pro smartphone with its latest feature update.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces the plans for establishing the world's first AI Safety Institute. This announcement comes ahead of the upcoming AI Safety Summit next week in UK.

Google reportedly is trying to launch its next-gen "Gemini" AI this fall. It will reportedly combine text prompts and image generation, trying to compete with OpenAI and Microsoft.