برچسب: AI
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Google Is Giving U.S. College Students Another Free Year of Google AI Pro
Google is bringing back its free year of Google AI Pro for U.S. college students, after releasing its new Gemini 3 Pro AI model today. Because so many of the new model’s biggest features are hidden behind paywalls, it’s not a bad deal, even if it’s not the first time Google’s done this. The deal…
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OpenAI Has a New Model Powering ChatGPT
Although OpenAI is most famous for creating ChatGPT, I’ve been mostly focused on their efforts with AI video generation. Sora , the company’s short-form AI video generator, is already tricking people across social media with hyperrealistic AI slop. I fear we’ve already reached a point where it’s too difficult to trust that what you seen…
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Google Can Now Robocall Stores for You to Ask If They Have What You Want
In a strange reversal of the usual seller/customer dynamic, Google is now giving buyers the power to send out their own robocalls. It’s not the first time the company has experimented with giving the average Joe the ability to send AI robocalls , but it is much more robust than previous outings. Rolling out today…
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Spotify's New AI-Powered Audiobook Recaps Will Remind You Where You Left Off
If you’re anything like me, you’ll come back to a book or TV show after pausing it for a few days or weeks, only to have to spend hours on a wiki reminding yourself of where you left off, while also trying to dodge spoilers. Spotify is doing its best to fix at least one…
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Google's AI Shopping Push Is Better for Business Than It Is for You
Today, Google announced three new AI shopping features, all centered around keeping you engaged with its AI throughout the entire shopping process. On the one hand, these features have the potential to make shopping more convenient—on the other hand, maybe lowering friction isn’t the best idea when it comes to spending money. Beyond selling you…
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Google Is Rolling Out ‘Agentic Checkout’ to Make Your Purchases for You
Shopping online? Google wants you to trust AI to click the buy button for you. Rolling out today, Google’s new “agentic checkout” adds onto the company’s existing price-tracking feature , so it’s not something you’ll see all the time. Instead, when you get a price drop notification on an object you’ve been tracking, you might…
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All the New AI Features Coming Soon to Google Photos
Most of our apps these days continue to receive AI upgrades—whether or not we actually want them. That’s no surprise from a company like Google, who is among those leading the AI charge right now. If you use Chrome, Android, or Google Workspace, you’ve likely dealt with Gemini in some capacity. The charge, as you…
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Google's AI Mode Can Now Arrange Your Appointments and Event Tickets
Google’s AI Mode has new agentic capabilities for booking event tickets and beauty and wellness appointments, so AI will do most of the work to find and curate the best options based on your inputs. Google first launched agentic capabilities for AI Mode in August: The initial feature could help locate restaurant reservations based on…
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NotebookLM Can Now Turn Your Notes Into a Video
Google’s NotebookLM, by far my favorite AI tool , rolled out two new features this week. The app that can turn your notes into a podcast can now generate an educational video based on your study materials. It can also create a report or document from suggested, pre-made templates. How the new NotebookLM tools work…