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Google Unveils Jules AI Coding Agent Designed to Handle Complex Tasks
Google made several artificial intelligence (AI) announcements on Wednesday. Alongside introducing the new Gemini 2.0 family of AI models, Deep Research feature, and showcasing upgraded capabilities in Project Astra, the Mountain View-based tech giant also unveiled several AI agents. Among them, one agent that can be of particular interest to devel...
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Google DeepMind Showcases Upgraded Capabilities in Project Astra With Gemini 2.0
Google DeepMind, the company’s AI research wing, first unveiled Project Astra at I/O this year. Now, more than six months later, the tech giant announced new capabilities and improvements in the artificial intelligence (AI) agent. Drawing upon Gemini 2.0 AI models, it can now converse in multiple languages, access multiple Google platforms, and h...
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Google Launches Deep Research Agentic Feature in Gemini, Can Prepare Reports on Complex Topics
Google added a new agentic feature to Gemini on Wednesday. Dubbed Deep Research, the feature was introduced alongside the new Gemini 2.0 family of AI models. It can create multi-step research plans, run web searches, and prepare a detailed report on complex topics. The Mountain View-based tech giant says the feature can be useful to researchers and...
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Amazon AGI SF Lab Focused on Developing New Capabilities of AI Agents Established
Amazon announced setting up a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory on Monday. Dubbed Amazon AGI SF Lab, the new research lab will be based in San Francisco and focus on developing AI agents with real-world applications. The Seattle-based tech recently hired several top executives from the startup Adept AI Labs and will be seeding the new div...
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Google’s AI-Powered Weather Prediction Model GenCast Outperforms Top Forecasting Systems, Says Study
Google introduced its weather predicting artificial intelligence (AI) model GenCast on Wednesday. The AI model was developed by the Mountain View-based tech giant’s AI research division Google DeepMind. The company’s researchers have also published a paper on the technology highlighting its capabilities in making medium-range weather forecasts....
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Gemini App for Android and iOS Now Available to Google Workspace Users
Gemini app for Android and iOS is now available for Google Workspace users, the company announced on Wednesday. With this, Workspace users can access the Gemini mobile app as a core service and use it for organisational tasks. Earlier, these users could only access Gemini capabilities on the web and within certain apps such as Google Docs or Gmail.
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Mysterious Scar-Like Structure in Australia Might Have Been Caused by a Rare Tornado
A previously unknown tornado was discovered in Australia’s Nullarbor Plain by a caver using Google Earth. Researchers traced the scar, which extends over 11 kilometres, back to a November 2022 storm that brought intense winds and rainfall. The tornado, likely F2 or F3 in strength, left distinct marks on the landscape, still visible due to sparse ...
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Apple Said to Offer $100 Million to Undo Indonesia iPhone 16 Ban
After Apple submitted its increased offer, Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry, which last month blocked a permit allowing the sale of the iPhone 16, is now demanding that the technology behemoth alter its investment plans to focus more on research and development for its smartphones in the country, the people said.
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Samsung’s XR Glasses Will Share Some Features With Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses, to Launch in Q3 2025: Report
Samsung's long-awaited XR wearable is expected to be ready for its debut sometime next year. Samsung is yet to reveal many details about its first Augmented Reality smart glasses, however, new research coming out of China shows that the Korean brand's upcoming XR device will share some features with Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses. The device reported...
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Google Expands AI-Based Flood Forecasting Coverage to 100 Countries, Improves Forecasting Model
Google announced the expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) flood forecasting system on Monday. With this expansion, the Mountain View-based tech giant will now cover 100 countries and offer riverine flood forecasting to a global population of 700 million people. The company is also offering researchers and partners a new application program...
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Google DeepMind Open Sources AlphaFold 3 AI Model to Help Researchers in Drug Discovery
Google DeepMind has silently open-sourced its frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model that can predict the interaction between proteins and other molecules. Dubbed AlphaFold 3, the large language model is the successor of AlphaFold 2, whose research led to the creators of the large language model (LLM) Demis Hassabis and John Jumper getting the...
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Here's How A PhD Student Discovered Long-Lost Maya City While Browsing Google
The breakthrough came by accident when a researcher browsing Google found a laser survey done by a Mexican organisation for environmental monitoring.
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Google Adds Gemini Team to DeepMind in AI Streamlining Push
Google is moving the team behind its Gemini AI assistant app to its DeepMind research lab. Over the last six months, Google has been consolidating its AI-focused teams, seeking to improve the Gemini models to challenge the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Google’s 67-Qubit Sycamore Quantum Computer Could Beat Top Supercomputers: Study
A new study reveals that Google’s 67-qubit Sycamore quantum processor can outperform the fastest classical supercomputers. Researchers discovered a “weak noise phase” in which quantum computers execute complex calculations more efficiently. This breakthrough represents a crucial step towards developing practical applications that cannot be ac...
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Physics, Chemistry Nobel Prize Winners' Google Links Stir Debate Over AI Research
The award this week of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of AI pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company's research dominance and how breakthroughs in computer science ought to be recognised.
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Google Unveils Jules AI Coding Agent Designed to Handle Complex Tasks
Google made several artificial intelligence (AI) announcements on Wednesday. Alongside introducing the new Gemini 2.0 family of AI models, Deep Research feature, and showcasing upgraded capabilities in Project Astra, the Mountain View-based tech giant also unveiled several AI agents. Among them, one agent that can be of particular interest to devel...
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Google DeepMind Showcases Upgraded Capabilities in Project Astra With Gemini 2.0
Google DeepMind, the company’s AI research wing, first unveiled Project Astra at I/O this year. Now, more than six months later, the tech giant announced new capabilities and improvements in the artificial intelligence (AI) agent. Drawing upon Gemini 2.0 AI models, it can now converse in multiple languages, access multiple Google platforms, and h...
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Google Launches Deep Research Agentic Feature in Gemini, Can Prepare Reports on Complex Topics
Google added a new agentic feature to Gemini on Wednesday. Dubbed Deep Research, the feature was introduced alongside the new Gemini 2.0 family of AI models. It can create multi-step research plans, run web searches, and prepare a detailed report on complex topics. The Mountain View-based tech giant says the feature can be useful to researchers and...
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Amazon AGI SF Lab Focused on Developing New Capabilities of AI Agents Established
Amazon announced setting up a new artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory on Monday. Dubbed Amazon AGI SF Lab, the new research lab will be based in San Francisco and focus on developing AI agents with real-world applications. The Seattle-based tech recently hired several top executives from the startup Adept AI Labs and will be seeding the new div...
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Google’s AI-Powered Weather Prediction Model GenCast Outperforms Top Forecasting Systems, Says Study
Google introduced its weather predicting artificial intelligence (AI) model GenCast on Wednesday. The AI model was developed by the Mountain View-based tech giant’s AI research division Google DeepMind. The company’s researchers have also published a paper on the technology highlighting its capabilities in making medium-range weather forecasts....
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Gemini App for Android and iOS Now Available to Google Workspace Users
Gemini app for Android and iOS is now available for Google Workspace users, the company announced on Wednesday. With this, Workspace users can access the Gemini mobile app as a core service and use it for organisational tasks. Earlier, these users could only access Gemini capabilities on the web and within certain apps such as Google Docs or Gmail.
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Mysterious Scar-Like Structure in Australia Might Have Been Caused by a Rare Tornado
A previously unknown tornado was discovered in Australia’s Nullarbor Plain by a caver using Google Earth. Researchers traced the scar, which extends over 11 kilometres, back to a November 2022 storm that brought intense winds and rainfall. The tornado, likely F2 or F3 in strength, left distinct marks on the landscape, still visible due to sparse ...
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Apple Said to Offer $100 Million to Undo Indonesia iPhone 16 Ban
After Apple submitted its increased offer, Indonesia’s Ministry of Industry, which last month blocked a permit allowing the sale of the iPhone 16, is now demanding that the technology behemoth alter its investment plans to focus more on research and development for its smartphones in the country, the people said.
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Samsung’s XR Glasses Will Share Some Features With Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses, to Launch in Q3 2025: Report
Samsung's long-awaited XR wearable is expected to be ready for its debut sometime next year. Samsung is yet to reveal many details about its first Augmented Reality smart glasses, however, new research coming out of China shows that the Korean brand's upcoming XR device will share some features with Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses. The device reported...
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Google Expands AI-Based Flood Forecasting Coverage to 100 Countries, Improves Forecasting Model
Google announced the expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) flood forecasting system on Monday. With this expansion, the Mountain View-based tech giant will now cover 100 countries and offer riverine flood forecasting to a global population of 700 million people. The company is also offering researchers and partners a new application program...
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Google DeepMind Open Sources AlphaFold 3 AI Model to Help Researchers in Drug Discovery
Google DeepMind has silently open-sourced its frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model that can predict the interaction between proteins and other molecules. Dubbed AlphaFold 3, the large language model is the successor of AlphaFold 2, whose research led to the creators of the large language model (LLM) Demis Hassabis and John Jumper getting the...
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Here's How A PhD Student Discovered Long-Lost Maya City While Browsing Google
The breakthrough came by accident when a researcher browsing Google found a laser survey done by a Mexican organisation for environmental monitoring.
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Google Adds Gemini Team to DeepMind in AI Streamlining Push
Google is moving the team behind its Gemini AI assistant app to its DeepMind research lab. Over the last six months, Google has been consolidating its AI-focused teams, seeking to improve the Gemini models to challenge the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Google’s 67-Qubit Sycamore Quantum Computer Could Beat Top Supercomputers: Study
A new study reveals that Google’s 67-qubit Sycamore quantum processor can outperform the fastest classical supercomputers. Researchers discovered a “weak noise phase” in which quantum computers execute complex calculations more efficiently. This breakthrough represents a crucial step towards developing practical applications that cannot be ac...
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Physics, Chemistry Nobel Prize Winners' Google Links Stir Debate Over AI Research
The award this week of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of AI pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company's research dominance and how breakthroughs in computer science ought to be recognised.
