… To start, Google says verification for images that carry SynthID markers which indicate they’ve been made with Google’s AI tools is coming to Search features starting today, including Google Lens, AI Mode, and Circle to Search. …
… Launched last year, AI Mode is the chatbot-like search feature that lives within a tab on the left side of Google’s search engine. …
… You can sign up here. --- Then, we discuss how Google Search is evolving — or put more plainly, being stuffed with AI features that turn Google into your final destination when browsing the web. …
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake monitoring feature to Hollywood — meaning some celebrity AI videos could soon disappear. The platform’s likeness detection feature searches YouTube for AI deepfake content and flags it for public figures enrolled in the program. …
… Nintendo just released the life sim Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream which is also available on the original Switch and a big expansion for Super Mario Bros. …
… Its “information agents” are supposed to perform continuous background research — like tracking stock market shifts or weather for the best picnic day. Google also announced an expansion to Antigravity, the agentic development platform it introduced about six months ago. …
… Meanwhile, backlash against features like Ring’s Search Party, which uses AI to search footage in the cloud, has opened people’s eyes to potential misuses and dangers of these technologies. …
Apple used to question whether generative AI-powered editing features were worth the risk of distorting our perceptions of the world. …
… Microsoft is now addressing this with a new Feature Flags page in the Settings app for new features that have been officially announced. This won’t stop enthusiasts from enabling secret unannounced features, but it makes it a lot easier for everyone else to get new features already announced. …
… Google uses search trends to inform what it shows on Google TV, and Amazon can presumably tap into Alexa usage patterns to personalize Fire TV. …