… As AI tools have made it increasingly easy to use famous likenesses in user-generated videos, Hollywood has waged war on the biggest video generators. Actors and major studios have aligned against major offenders, like OpenAI's recently deceased Sora and ByteDance's SeeDance 2.0 app . …
… As Google continues adding AI features to its products, the rollout of more tools within YouTube is expected to continue.
… A broader consumer rollout is expected later this year. That shift signals where Google sees hardware heading overall, with wearables taking a supporting role in Google's main AI story. Phones, watches, glasses and earbuds are starting to feel secondary to the AI layer sitting on top of them. …
At last year's I/O keynote, Google announced the rollout of Flow , an AI creative studio that lets creatives use natural language prompts to generate AI videos. …
… Anthropic continues to get Claude into different workplace software tools. Launched in June 2024, the AI assistant is available in Google Workspace programs such as Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Drive. …
… Rivals Samsung and Google have spent the past two years aggressively integrating generative AI into smartphones, search, productivity tools, and mobile operating systems, giving them a significant head start in shaping consumer expectations for AI-powered devices.
… The changes come as Google also announced the rollout of Gemini 3.5 Flash, a more capable model focused on reasoning, coding and complex tasks. Stein said building Search tools around the new model raises the overall answer quality on Search. …
… Remaining employees face intense scrutiny, with keystroke tracking already underway to train potential AI replacements. The rollout of the new subscription offerings has received mixed responses on social media, with one person noting : "Hey Meta, how about pay us for using our data? …
… What does the rollout of Googlebooks mean for Chromebooks? For the moment, they'll coexist. New Chromebooks currently have 10 years of support, and Kuscher said that's not going away. …
… The new designated contact feature follows OpenAI's rollout of parental controls that let parents and guardians get alerts if there are danger signs involving their teen children. …