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How to use Gemini (formerly Google Bard): Everything you should know

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Maria Diaz/ZDNET At the same time that new artificial intelligence (AI) tools were dominating headlines with their innovative ideas and captivating abilities, Google’s own creation was gaining attention for entirely different reasons. Bard’s initial performance was found lacking on more than one occasion. From its abysmal opening debut to its official launch, users struggled to get the chatbot to provide accurate … Read more

Pinterest announces a new ad deal with Google as it approaches 500M MAUs

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Pinterest announced a new ad deal with Google as the company aims to ramp up its ad revenue. Google is the social platform’s second third-party ad partner after Amazon signed a multiyear deal with Pinterest last year. The company talked about the Google partnership during the earnings call for Q4 2023, where it posted results … Read more

OpenAI Wants to Control Your Computer

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OpenAI is reportedly developing “agent software,” that will effectively take over your device and complete complex tasks on your behalf, according to The Information. OpenAI’s agent would work between multiple apps on your computer, performing clicks, cursor movements, and text typing. It’s really a new type of operating system, and it could change the way … Read more

Indian parliamentary panel red-flags PhonePe and Google Pay cornering 83% of India’s UPI payments amid Paytm clampdown

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An Indian parliamentary panel has urged the government to support the growth of domestic fintech players that can provide alternatives to the Walmart-backed PhonePe and Google Pay apps that currently command more than 83% of the country’s fast-growing digital payments market. The 58-page report, which includes a series of recommendations, comes at a time when … Read more

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and others join the Biden-Harris AI safety consortium

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Big Tech and other AI stakeholders have officially been tapped by the Biden-Harris administration to address the safety and trustworthiness of AI development. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the creation of the AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC). The consortium, which is housed under the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and … Read more

Google’s Gemini AI now has a new app and works across Google products

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Google is famous for having a million similar products with confusingly different names and seemingly nothing in common. (Can I interest you in a messaging app?) But when it comes to its AI work, going forward there is only one name that matters: Gemini. The company announced on Thursday that it is renaming its Bard … Read more

Google goes all in on its Gemini model, launches $20 paid tier for Gemini Ultra

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Google Bard is no more. Almost exactly a year after first introducing its (rushed) efforts to challenge OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the company is retiring the name and rebranding Bard as Gemini, the name of its family of foundation models. More importantly, though, it is also now launching Gemini Ultra, its most capable large language model yet. … Read more

The Google Pixel Fold 2 Has Leaked, and Baby, It’s Got Back

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A photo of the first-gen Pixel Fold, which is not what the second-gen Pixel Fold 2 will look like, according to rumors. Photo: Dan Ackerman / Gizmodo Thanks to a render making the rounds, we may have some insight into what the next-generation Google Pixel Fold 2 will look like and what’s inside. A bulbous, … Read more

Google starts blocking users from sideloading certain apps in Singapore

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To reduce financial scams, Google has started a new program to prevent users from sideloading certain apps in Singapore. The company is looking to block sideloaded apps that abuse Android permissions to read one-time passwords received through SMS and notifications. Google said there are four sets of permissions that bad actors exploit to commit financial … Read more

How to use Google Bard: Everything you should know

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Maria Diaz/ZDNET At the same time that new artificial intelligence (AI) tools were dominating headlines with their innovative ideas and captivating abilities, Google’s own creation was gaining attention for entirely different reasons. Bard’s initial performance was originally found lacking on more than one occasion. From its abysmal opening debut to its official launch, users struggled to get the chatbot to provide … Read more