Google's Gemma 4 model goes fully open-source and unlocks powerful local AI - even on phones

Now open-source under Apache 2.0, Gemma 4 brings offline, multimodal AI to servers, phones, and Raspberry Pi - giving ...
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AI Explained: How to use Google’s AI assistant Gemini

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Many products and services now offer AI assistance, and that includes Google. In this edition of AI Explained, Gemini Communications Manager Sarah Armstrong explains how ...
Droid Life

Google Home and Gemini for Home Get Big Updates and Improvements

Google is rolling out updates this week to the Google Home app that bring several changes, plus the Gemini for Home voice assistant service is getting even bigger upgrades. To start, the Google Home ...
Bleeping Computer

Previously harmless Google API keys now expose Gemini AI data

Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. Researchers found nearly 3,000 such ...
TechSpot

Google ships the AI assistant Apple promised but hasn't delivered

What just happened? Google's latest step in mobile AI has little to do with chatbots and everything to do with execution. With a new wave of agentic capabilities rolling out first to the Pixel 10 ...
Polygon

Google’s Pokémon game just gave me a productivity jump scare

The Pokémon franchise has often surprised me over the years — things like the introduction of real-time combat in Legends: Z-A and the open world of Scarlet and Violet were certainly a shock to my ...
AOL

Google to pay $68M to end Assistant recordings class action

Google has agreed to pay $68 million to power down a class action lawsuit accusing the tech giant of allegedly enabling its Google Assistant-powered devices of secretly recording people's ...
Lifehacker

Google Pushed Back the Deadline on Migrating Your Fitbit Account (Again)

When Google acquired Fitbit in 2021, it announced that all users would eventually need to link their devices to a Google account to continue using Fitbit's features and services. Google initially set ...
Boston Herald

Google adds AI image generation to Chrome browser, side panel option for virtual assistant

Google is empowering its Chrome browser with the ability to alter imagery and a virtual assistant to help with online tasks as part of its push to turbocharge its digital services with more artificial ...
The Hill

Google settles for $68 million after lawsuit claimed it secretly recorded users

(NEXSTAR) – Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it of secretly recording smart device users, according to a court document filed Friday in Northern ...
TechRepublic

Google to Pay $68M in Privacy Lawsuit Over Recorded Conversations

Google to Pay $68M in Privacy Lawsuit Over Recorded Conversations Your email has been sent Do you have any secrets? Well, we all do. But for some people, they may no ...
Engadget

Google agrees to $68 million settlement in voice assistant privacy lawsuit

Google has agreed to a $68 million settlement regarding claims that its voice assistant inappropriately spied on smartphone users. Plaintiffs claimed that the company’s Google Assistant platform began ...