… The tech giant also announced updates to its Agent Payments Protocol AP2 and teased that it would bring the technology to Google products in the coming months, enabling users to authorize agents to make payments on their behalf. …
… Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai described Spark as the next evolution of smart digital assistants, using agentic AI to take on long-horizon tasks with minimal oversight. “It’s your personal AI agent that helps you navigate your digital life, taking action on your behalf and under your direction,” Pichai… …
… Google is also adding native voice command support to Antigravity, just like it has added to multiple consumer products, including Gmail and Docs . …
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Earlier this week, hackers hijacked several open source projects used by dozens of companies and pushed updates designed to spread malware. …
Krutrim, India’s first GenAI unicorn, is shifting from AI model development to cloud services after months of relative quiet on product updates — a move that reflects the tougher economics of building large-scale AI systems. …
… Startup Luma AI is building something similar, an agentic tool that can generate an entire ad campaign based on a short brief and a product image, powered by its own “unified” model. “We’re actually pretty proud of the model’s text-rendering capabilities, which is really useful for things like adve… …
… The Bengaluru-based startup operates in a growing market for travel-focused financial products in India, competing with companies like Niyo — another Indian startup that combines banking and travel features — and travel platform Ixigo, while global fintech firms including Revolut are also eyeing th… …
… That doesn’t always make emails easy to find, however, especially if the search term is something found across several messages. “Gmail Live can answer naturally phrased questions, respond to follow-up questions, and pivot if you need to interrupt it,” Devanshi Bhandari, product lead for Gmail, exp… …
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