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Google reportedly snags up team behind AI voice startup Hume AI
The top talent behind yet another promising AI startup has been gobbled up by an incumbent. As part of a…
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Humans&, a ‘human-centric’ AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, Google alums, raised $480M seed round
People&a startup with the philosophy that AI should empower rather than replace people has raised $480 million in seed funding…
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A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google’s AI agent shopping protocol — Google says she’s wrong
Shortly after Google announced its new Universal Commerce Protocol for AI-powered shopping agents, a consumer economy watchdog sounded the alarm.…
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Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI
Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company’s workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification…
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Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries
Next an investigation by the Guardian which showed that Google AI Overviews provided misleading information in response to certain health-related…
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Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases
In what could be the tech industry’s first major legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google and the startup Character.AI are…
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Google tests an email-based productivity assistant
Productivity is a space where companies want to continue experimenting with AI assistants, hoping that they will save time for…
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Google debuts ‘Disco,’ a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs
Google on Thursday introduced a new AI experiment for the web browser: the Gemini-powered product Disco, which allows you to…
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OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo
OpenAI launched its latest frontier model, GPT-5.2, on Thursday amid increasing competition from Google, calling it the most advanced model…
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Google Translate now lets you hear real-time translations in your headphones
Google is introducing a beta experience that will let you hear real-time translations through your headphones, the company says announced…
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