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Gemini in Google Drive may finally be useful now that it can analyze videos - Ars Technica

August 15, 2015 | Ars Technica AI
Gemini in Google Drive may finally be useful now that it can analyze videos - Ars Technica
Gemini is already accessible in Drive, with the ability to summarize documents or folders, gather and analyze data, and expand on the topics covered in your documents. Google says the next step is plugging videos into Gemini, saving you from wasting time scrubbing through a file just to find something of interest. Using a chatbot to analyze and manipulate text doesn’t always make sense—after all, it’s not hard to skim an email or short document. It can tak

The Gmail app will now create AI summaries whether you want them or not - Ars Technica

March 3, 2020 | Ars Technica AI
The Gmail app will now create AI summaries whether you want them or not - Ars Technica
Using Google products in 2025 means using (or avoiding) AI features, which are becoming a core part of the experience across the board. Last year, Gmail gained the ability to summarize emails on demand. Now, Google says AI summaries will be generated and displayed automatically in the Gmail app for Android and iOS. Before this latest change, you had to tap the “Summarize this email” chip at the top of the screen to generate an AI summary of the message con

Unlicensed law clerk fired after ChatGPT hallucinations found in filing - Ars Technica

March 24, 2021 | Ars Technica AI
Unlicensed law clerk fired after ChatGPT hallucinations found in filing - Ars Technica
College students who have reportedly grown too dependent on ChatGPT are starting to face consequences after graduating and joining the workforce for placing too much trust in chatbots. Last month, a recent law school graduate lost his job after using ChatGPT to help draft a court filing that ended up being riddled with errors. The consequences arrived after a court in Utah ordered sanctions after the filing included the first fake citation ever discovered

Samsung could drop Google Gemini in favor of Perplexity for Galaxy S26 - Ars Technica

May 30, 2015 | Ars Technica AI
Samsung could drop Google Gemini in favor of Perplexity for Galaxy S26 - Ars Technica
Every smartphone maker is racing to find a way to put AI in your pocket, but no one has cracked the code yet. Samsung was an early supporter of Google’s Gemini AI, which has largely supplanted its little-used Bixby assistant. However, a new report claims Samsung is planning a big AI shakeup by partnering with Perplexity on the Galaxy S26. Perplexity pitches itself as an AI-powered search service, running on the same generative AI technology behind ChatGPT,

Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads - Ars Technica

August 7, 2022 | Ars Technica AI
Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads - Ars Technica
Glance has been around for a while—its non-AI lock screen experience has been bundled on various phones from Samsung, Motorola, and others. Before the AI era, Glance lured people in with promises of pretty pictures and news alerts, which came with a side of ads and tracking. The new Glance AI feature has all that, but it adds an unsettling face-stealing layer to the experience. The AI-infused Glance will arrive on Samsung phones as both a standalone app an

Reddit sues Anthropic over AI scraping that retained users’ deleted posts - Ars Technica

April 23, 2024 | Ars Technica AI
Reddit sues Anthropic over AI scraping that retained users’ deleted posts - Ars Technica
On the heels of an OpenAI controversy over deleted posts, Reddit sued Anthropic on Wednesday, accusing the AI company of “intentionally” training AI models on the “personal data of Reddit users”—including their deleted posts—“without ever requesting their consent.” Calling Anthropic two-faced for depicting itself as a “white knight of the AI industry” while allegedly lying about AI scraping, Reddit painted Anthropic as the worst among major AI players. Whi

Google’s new Gemini 2.5 Pro release aims to fix past “regressions” in the model - Ars Technica

July 13, 2015 | Ars Technica AI
Google’s new Gemini 2.5 Pro release aims to fix past “regressions” in the model - Ars Technica
The previous Gemini 2.5 Pro release, known as the I/O Edition, or simply 05-06, was focused on coding upgrades. Google claims the new version is even better at generating code, with a new high score of 82.2 percent in the Aider Polyglot test. That beats the best from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek by a comfortable margin. While the general-purpose Gemini 2.5 Flash has left preview, the Pro version is lagging behind. In fact, the last several updates have

Google’s nightmare: How a search spinoff could remake the web - Ars Technica

May 16, 2018 | Ars Technica AI
Google’s nightmare: How a search spinoff could remake the web - Ars Technica
Google wasn’t around for the advent of the World Wide Web, but it successfully remade the web on its own terms. Today, any website that wants to be findable has to play by Google’s rules, and after years of search dominance, the company has lost a major antitrust case that could reshape both it and the web. The closing arguments in the case just wrapped up last week, and Google could be facing serious consequences when the ruling comes down in August. Losi

Anthropic releases custom AI chatbot for classified spy work - Ars Technica

March 23, 2022 | Ars Technica AI
Anthropic releases custom AI chatbot for classified spy work - Ars Technica
On Thursday, Anthropic unveiled specialized AI models designed for US national security customers. The company released “Claude Gov” models that were built in response to direct feedback from government clients to handle operations such as strategic planning, intelligence analysis, and operational support. The custom models reportedly already serve US national security agencies, with access restricted to those working in classified environments. The Claude

“Yuck”: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt - Ars Technica

September 28, 2023 | Ars Technica AI
“Yuck”: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt - Ars Technica
Generative AI is permeating the Internet, with chatbots and AI summaries popping up faster than we can keep track. Even Wikipedia, the vast repository of knowledge famously maintained by an army of volunteer human editors, is looking to add robots to the mix. The site began testing AI summaries in some articles over the past week, but the project has been frozen after editors voiced their opinions. And that opinion is: “yuck.” The seeds of this project wer

AI Overviews hallucinates that Airbus, not Boeing, involved in fatal Air India crash - Ars Technica

May 11, 2021 | Ars Technica AI
AI Overviews hallucinates that Airbus, not Boeing, involved in fatal Air India crash - Ars Technica
When major events occur, most people rush to Google to find information. Increasingly, the first thing they see is an AI Overview, a feature that already has a reputation for making glaring mistakes. In the wake of a tragic plane crash in India, Google’s AI search results are spreading misinformation claiming the incident involved an Airbus plane—it was actually a Boeing 787. Travelers are more attuned to the airliner models these days after a spate of cra

Kakao Mobility details Level 4 autonomous driving roadmap for physical AI

June 14, 2022 | AI News
Kakao Mobility details Level 4 autonomous driving roadmap for physical AI

Big Tech's AI infrastructure spending paid off--and accelerated

November 22, 2021 | AI News
Big Tech's AI infrastructure spending paid off--and accelerated

Agentic AI Governance Is Now a Product. Are Enterprises Ready?

May 21, 2020 | AI News
Agentic AI Governance Is Now a Product. Are Enterprises Ready?

Physical AI raises governance questions for autonomous systems

October 7, 2025 | AI News
Physical AI raises governance questions for autonomous systems

Google tests Remy AI agent for Gemini as focus turns to user control

August 16, 2021 | AI News
Google tests Remy AI agent for Gemini as focus turns to user control

Bain sees US$100 billion SaaS market in agentic AI automation

July 14, 2016 | AI News
Bain sees US$100 billion SaaS market in agentic AI automation

Physical AI moves closer to factory floors as companies test humanoid robots

August 5, 2017 | AI News
Physical AI moves closer to factory floors as companies test humanoid robots

Amazon launches Alexa for Shopping as Rufus moves behind the scenes

December 22, 2023 | AI News
Amazon launches Alexa for Shopping as Rufus moves behind the scenes

The Nvidia H200 China Deal That Washington Approved and Beijing Blocked

September 20, 2024 | AI News
The Nvidia H200 China Deal That Washington Approved and Beijing Blocked