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  Google Vids Video Creation App Gets Updated With an AI Voiceovers Feature

  Google Vids, the company's artificial intelligence (AI) video creation tool, is getting a new feature. Announced last week, the Mountain View-based tech giant is now adding AI-powered voiceovers to its ‘Help me create’ feature. With this, the tool will automatically add voiceovers for each scene generated by it. Users will have granular control...

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  OpenAI to Reportedly Begin Testing ChatGPT Connectors for Slack and Google Drive

  OpenAI will reportedly soon begin the testing phase of a new ChatGPT feature that will allow the chatbot to connect with other platforms. As per the report, the feature is dubbed ChatGPT Connectors and will be available to the platform’s Teams subscribers. It is said that at launch, the tool will be able to connect with Google Drive for Workspace...

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  Android 16 May Introduce Mouse Cursor Transitions and Other xternal Display Management Tools

  Android 16 is said to be in development as the next iteration of Google’s operating system (OS) for smartphones. Ahead of its anticipated rollout which is expected to happen in the summer, a new report suggests that the Android update might add new tools for external display management. It is speculated to give users the ability to rearrange exte...

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  Google Renaming Gemini Extensions to ‘Apps’, Powers It With Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

  Google is making a couple of changes to Gemini. Announced on Friday, one of the changes is focused on the lexicon of Gemini tools, while the other improves the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’s capability of connecting with different apps. The company is currently rolling out this update to all Google Workspace accounts, although the renamin...

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  Mistral Introduces New OCR API That Can Convert PDF Documents Into AI-Ready Format

  Mistral introduced the Mistral Optical Character Recognition (OCR) application programming interface (API) on Thursday. The artificial intelligence (AI) model is capable of analysing and processing PDF documents and converting it into an AI-ready text format such as Markdown or raw text file. The tool is capable of extracting data from PDFs to make...

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  Google Shopping Gets Upgraded With AI-Powered Features, Will Help Users Find the Right Clothes

  Google Shopping, the company’s product discovery platform, is getting upgraded with several new artificial intelligence (AI) features. Announced on Wednesday, these new features will enable them to both find and experience new products before they make their purchasing decision. The new AI tools are aimed at the apparel and makeup categories, and...

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  Big Tech Opposes YouTube Exemption from Australia's Ban on Social Media for Children

  Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Snapchat and TikTok believe Australia should not exempt YouTube from its decision to ban social media for minors. YouTube stands to be exempted from the ban as it is considered a key educational tool and is the only service allowed for children as part of a family account with parental supervision rights...

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  Google's March Pixel Drop Brings Gemini Live Upgrades, Scam Detection in Messages and More

  Google on Tuesday rolled out the March Pixel Drop for compatible Pixel devices. As per the company, it is the first Pixel Drop of the year which introduces several new features. Gemini Live, the conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tool can now be spoken to in a combination of 45 languages. Further, there’s a new Suggestions feature in the...

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  Google Claims Its AI Tool Can Beat Math Olympiad Gold Medalists

  Google claims the performance of its upgraded AI system had surpassed the level of average gold medalists.

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  Google Unveils AI Co-Scientist, a Gemini 2.0-Powered Multi-Agent System to Speed Up Scientific Discovery

  Google unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that can assist scientists in the scientific discovery process. Dubbed AI co-scientist, the tool is powered by the Gemini 2.0 AI model and includes a multi-agent system that specialises in different tasks in the discovery process. The Mountain View-based tech giant stated that the AI system ...

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  Google Reportedly Teases New Features to Gemini Advanced Users, Removes Older Gemini 1.5 Models

  Google teased several new artificial intelligence (AI) features to Gemini Advanced subscribers on Tuesday. As per the report, these features include an AI video generation tool as well as agentic tools. However, there is no news on when these features could be shipped to users. Meanwhile, the Mountain View-based tech giant is said to be rolling out...

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  Perplexity Introduces Deep Research That Can Generate Expert-Level Reports on Complex Topics

  Perplexity introduced a Deep Research function on its platform on Friday. The tool can analyse complex questions better and provide comprehensive reports by reasoning through the topics. The new feature is being added to the model picker and is currently available to all users. The company claims that its responses are generated faster than the epo...

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  Google Expands NotebookLM Plus to Google One AI Premium Subscribers

  Google announced the expansion of NotebookLM Plus to individual users on Monday. The upgraded version of the platform that offers higher usage and more security tools has been only available to enterprises and education accounts so far. However, the Mountain View-based tech giant has now bundled it with the Google One AI Premium subscription. Those...

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  Gemini in Google Sheets Gets Updated With Data Analysis and Visualising Tools

  Gemini in Google Sheets is getting a major upgrade that will allow the artificial intelligence (AI) tool to analyse and visualise user data. Announced on Wednesday, the new features are currently being rolled out to the Google Workspace subscribers and those subscribed to the Google One AI Premium plan.

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  Google Expands Deep Research AI Agent to Gemini App for Android, Can Act as a Research Assistant

  Google is expanding the Deep Research tool to the Gemini Android app. The first artificial intelligence (AI) agent for Gemini was so far available only on the web version of the platform. The Mountain View-based tech giant released the tool in December 2024, and described it as a research assistant that can create multi-step research plans, run web...