Google Earth pulls back new AI tool after warnings about generated deepfakes
(1st UPDATE) Google Earth’s Nano Banana AI tool is taken down while the company works to put in place stronger guardrails
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Google shakes up AI leadership as DeepMind chief shifts role
Demis Hassabis, a Nobel Prize recipient, will take the newly created title of Alphabet’s chief scientist and transition from being Google DeepMind CEO to being its chairman
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US teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trial
The plaintiff, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey, drops her claims without any payment. TikTok, which was also a defendant in her case, had previously settled her claims.
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Ex-Google engineer’s conviction for stealing AI secrets partially overturned
Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, is found guilty in January of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets for stealing thousands of pages of confidential information
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Google launches Pics, its AI-enabled image editor, for Workspace, premium users
Unlike its competitors, Google Pics will let users make written prompts to create images, or have them upload images as a starting point for editing
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Google offers Filipino college students 1 year of AI Plus for free, 400GB storage
Eligible college students can claim 12 months of Google AI Plus, including Gemini study tools and 400 GB of cloud storage, until December 31, 2026
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Google warns of lower quality as it revamps Europe search results to avoid EU fines
Google says the changes mark the largest reduction in quality of service at the world’s most popular internet search engine in its 29-year search history
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Google signs its biggest rice-methane carbon credit deal with Indian startup Mitti Labs
The four-year agreement will cover rice farms across three Indian states, reaching about 100,000 hectares at peak delivery.
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Google is making it easier to switch between password managers on Android
Google’s new feature will transfer your passkeys as well.
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Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch
Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren’t possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren’t safe enough.
