Gemini news and trends

AI Digital Agents Could Soon Use Your Browser
artificial intelligence // October 28, 2024

Google’s rumored development of “Project Jarvis,” an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can commandeer web browsers to complete online tasks, signals Silicon Valley’s latest push to change eCommerce through AI-powered digital agents.  The Information reported that the initiative, which could launch as soon as December...

Google Announces Leadership Change in Search, Structural Changes in AI
Google // October 17, 2024

Google announced a leadership change to its Knowledge & Information (K&I) team and some structural changes to its Gemini team. At K&I, which includes the company’s Search, Ads, Geo and Commerce products, Nick Fox will succeed Prabhakar Raghavan as head of the team, Sundar Pichai,...

The Week in AI: Chatbots Fuel Cybercrime; Google, Meta and OpenAI Announce Upgrades
Artificial Intelligence // September 27, 2024

Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, from cybercriminals exploiting chatbots to Google supercharging Gemini for business breakthroughs. Meanwhile, Meta and Microsoft are using AI to transform eCommerce and energy, showing that the technology is becoming both a hacker’s tool and a corporate powerhouse, sparking new demands...

Google Slashes Gemini Prices and Boosts Performance of AI Models
Artificial Intelligence // September 24, 2024

Google’s latest artificial intelligence models could accelerate AI adoption in eCommerce and retail, developers say, as the tech giant unveils upgrades designed to attract more businesses to its Gemini platform. The company announced two updated production-ready models in a Tuesday (Sept. 24) blog post, Gemini-1.5-Pro-002...

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Google Slashes Gemini Prices and Boosts Performance of AI Models

September 24, 2024
Google’s latest artificial intelligence models could accelerate AI adoption in eCommerce and retail, developers say, as the tech giant unveils upgrades designed to attract more businesses to its Gemini platform. The company announced two updated production-ready models in a Tuesday (Sept. 24) blog post, Gemini-1.5-Pro-002 and Gemini-1.5-Flash-002, which offer enhanced capabilities across a range of […]

GenAI Giants Unleash New Models With More Business Capabilities

July 29, 2024
In a move that’s sending ripples through the tech and business worlds, Meta Platforms has unveiled its most advanced AI models yet, challenging industry leaders OpenAI and Google. The release...

Say Hello to Astra: Google Launches AI-Boosted Searches and a Smart Voice Assistant

May 15, 2024
Google unveiled a range of artificial intelligence (AI) advancements at its annual developer conference Tuesday (May 14), including more sophisticated analysis powered by Gemini, smarter assistants like Astra, and an...

Battle of the Algorithms: Anthropic’s Claude 3 AI Model Rivals Competition

March 05, 2024
Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Claude 3 models beat competitors in many areas, experts told PYMNTS.  The company, which released the models on Monday (March 4), claims that Claude 3...

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Google Announces Leadership Change in Search, Structural Changes in AI

October 17, 2024
Google announced a leadership change to its Knowledge & Information (K&I) team and some structural changes to its Gemini team. At K&I, which includes the company’s Search, Ads, Geo and Commerce products, Nick Fox will succeed Prabhakar Raghavan as head of the team, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, said in a Thursday (Oct. […]

Google Reports 2 Million Developers Building With Its GenAI Solutions

September 24, 2024
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini is being put to work by companies in a variety of ways, delivering answers, recommendations and new capabilities to both customers and employees. More...

Google Unveils New Gemini Live AI-Powered Assistant for Mobile Devices

August 13, 2024
Google unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant for use on mobile devices. The new Gemini Live became available in English to Gemini Advanced subscribers on Android phones on Tuesday (Aug. 13) and...

Google Begins Adding AI Assistant Gemini to Gmail

June 25, 2024
Google is adding its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Gemini, to the side panel of Gmail. The rollout of this feature on both web and mobile began Monday (June 24), the...