Google Maps integrates Gemini for hands-free navigation
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Google is integrating its Gemini AI assistant into Google Maps, replacing the existing Assistant to enable hands-free, conversational navigation. This upgrade allows users to interact naturally while driving and is rolling out to Android and iOS devices i…
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‘China is going to win the AI race’ — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang decries the price of electricity in the US, contrasts it with China's subsidized pricing
tomshardware - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that China will win the AI race because of its abundance of power and the fact that the U.S. is losing out on the chance for its hardware to become the standard tool that Chinese AI developers use.
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Apple Will Reportedly Rent Siri a New Brain from Google for $1 Billion Per Year
Mike Pearl / gizmodo - Google reportedly won Apple's confidence after many AI suitors were entertained.
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Freeda Raises €3.4 Million To Revolutionise Construction Plan Verification With AI
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Paris-based Freeda, a startup using AI to detect hidden errors in construction plans, has raised €3.4 million in funding. The round was led by Frst, with participation from Brick & Mortar Ventures. Freeda has also been selected for Station F’s Future 40, …
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Qualcomm and Arm beat expectations, but investors’ reactions are mixed
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Chipmakers Qualcomm Inc. and Arm Holdings Plc both delivered strong numbers today as they posted their latest financial results, beating Wall Street’s expectations. But their stocks were heading in opposite directions in the wake of today’s reports. In th…
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Snap and Perplexity sign $400 million deal to put AI search directly in Snapchat
engadget - Snap and Perplexity AI have struck a $400 million deal that will bring the AI search engine directly to Snapchat sometime in "early 2026," the two companies announced. With the partnership, Perplexity's AI search engine will be a prominent part of Snapcha…
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Apple And Google Circle $1 Billion Deal For Custom Gemini Model To Power Siri Overhaul
bgr - Rumors of Apple turning to Google's Gemini to power its conversational Siri appear to be true, as a $1 billion/year deal is currently in the works.
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Apple's New Siri Will Be Powered By Google Gemini
Juli Clover / macrumors - The smarter, more capable version of Siri that Apple is developing will be powered by Google Gemini, reports Bloomberg. Apple will pay Google approximately $1 billion per year for a 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model that was developed b…
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Google Adds 'AI Mode' Button to Chrome for iPhone and iPad
Juli Clover / macrumors - Google is updating the Chrome app for the iPhone and the iPad with a dedicated "AI Mode" button that matches functionality found in the desktop version of Chrome. AI Mode is located under the Google search bar, next to an Incognito Mode button.The AI Mode…
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Whisper Into This AI-Powered Smart Ring to Organize Your Thoughts
Julian Chokkattu / wired - A new company called Sandbar has unveiled a smart wearable called Stream Ring, which uses a microphone to record your softly spoken thoughts. And it’s powered by—you guessed it—an AI chatbot.
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Stability AI’s legal win over Getty leaves copyright law in limbo
Robert Hart / theverge - Stability AI, the creator of popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, was largely victorious against Getty Images on Tuesday in a British legal battle over the material used to train AI models. The case originally looked set to produce a landmark ruling on A…
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Google Tests A New Version Of AI Mode
barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - Google is testing a new version of AI Mode responses in the wild, directly in the Google Search AI Mode interface. Google even tells the searcher, "You're giving feedback on a new version of Al Mode. Which response do you prefer?"
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Google exploring putting AI data centers in space — Project Suncatcher wants to harness in-orbit solar power to scale AI compute
tomshardware - Google is looking into putting AI data centers into orbit, but it still needs to solve a ton of engineering and cost challenges.
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Amazon sues Perplexity's shopping bot
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Amazon sues Perplexity to block its AI shopping agent from making purchases autonomously. The first major legal clash over whether AI assistants can act as user proxies sets precedent for the $20B question: who controls the future of online commerce?
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Google warns that a new era of self-evolving, AI-driven malware has begun
Duncan Riley / siliconangle - A new report out today from Google LLC’s Threat Intelligence Group warns that there has been a major shift in cybercrime as attackers are no longer using artificial intelligence solely for productivity but are now deploying AI-enabled malware directly in …
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Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot’
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - Google Maps is bringing Gemini’s AI chatbot to more features, including more “conversational” route planning and the use of landmarks and nearby business for navigation. Google has slowly been adding AI to many of its products, including Maps, which last …
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Kabilio Secures €4M To Enhance Accountant–Client Collaboration With AI
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Barcelona-based Kabilio, an AI-driven platform that automates accounting and tax processes, has raised €4 million in a pre-seed round led by Visionaries Club and Picus Capital. The round also includes €200,000 in public funding from ENISA, making it one o…
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AMD’s revenue and profit jumps again, but stock falls as margins disappoint
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. delivered sharp increases in both profit and revenue today as it pushed deeper into the artificial intelligence data center market. However, its stock was headed lower in late-trading after disappointing investors with its marg…
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Apple's Live Translation feature is finally coming to AirPods in the EU
engadget - After a delay, Apple has announced that it's bringing its AI-powered Live Translation feature to the European Union in December. The expansion is notable, not only because Live Translation was a key selling point of the recently released AirPods Pro 3, bu…
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Amazon Accuses Perplexity of Computer Fraud, Demands It Stop AI Agent From Buying On Its Site
msmash / slashdot - Amazon has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity AI demanding that the AI search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online for users. From a report: The e-commerce giant is accusing Perplexity of committing compute…
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