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Founded1998

Key PeopleSundar Pichai

HeadquartersMountain View, USA

ProductsGemini, NotebookLM

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Trump Officials Grant Tech Giants Direct Access to Shape AI in Healthcare Through Private Slack Channel

The Trump administration has been running a private Slack chat room where tech giants including Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and Apple directly influence federal policy on AI in healthcare. At least 35 industry organizations attended closed-door FDA meetings on conversational AI products for patients, bypassing public oversight while shaping regulations for AI-powered healthcare apps that could soon bill Medicare.

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Trump Officials Grant Tech Giants Direct Access to Shape AI in Healthcare Through Private Slack Channel

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Google's AMIE Chatbot Shows Promise in First Real-World Clinical Trial for AI in Healthcare

Google's AMIE chatbot successfully completed an 8-month clinical trial at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, helping doctors prepare for 75% of patient visits. The AI diagnostic chatbot matched final diagnoses 90% of the time and hallucinated only once across 98 patient interactions, marking a significant step for patient-facing conversational AI in urgent care settings.

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Google's AMIE Chatbot Shows Promise in First Real-World Clinical Trial for AI in Healthcare

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Lawmakers raise alarm over Google's $10M Spirit Airlines data acquisition for AI models

Over 119 US lawmakers led by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Steven Horsford are challenging Google's $10 million acquisition of Spirit Airlines' internal data for training AI systems. The bipartisan group warns that the deal involving 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams messages could violate employee data privacy despite Google's assurances about de-identification safeguards.

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Lawmakers raise alarm over Google's $10M Spirit Airlines data acquisition for AI models

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ICANN Reveals 1,615 New gTLD Applications as Tech Giants Battle for AI-Related Domains

ICANN announced 1,615 new generic top-level domain applications from 481 entities, marking the first filing window since 2012. OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Anthropic are competing for AI-related domains like .chatgpt, .claude, and .agent as tech companies seek to control brand identity and signal trust through custom domain endings.

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ICANN Reveals 1,615 New gTLD Applications as Tech Giants Battle for AI-Related Domains

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Unity Spark and Google Playground unveil AI game development tools amid industry skepticism

Unity and Google launched competing generative AI platforms for game creation. Unity Spark integrates AI as a helper within Unity's game engine, while Google Playground offers text-prompt game generation for US users. Unity CEO Matt Bromberg emphasized that using AI to reproduce existing games doesn't make someone a professional developer.

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Unity Spark and Google Playground unveil AI game development tools amid industry skepticism

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Trump Administration Awards National Medals to Tech Executives at Golden Age of Science Summit

President Trump will award the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, and Lisa Su at a White House summit on October 8. The event announces over $1 billion in commitments for the Genesis Project AI initiative, marking Trump's first-ever distribution of these prestigious awards to prominent tech leaders.

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Trump Administration Awards National Medals to Tech Executives at Golden Age of Science Summit

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Unity Software Partners With Google to Launch AI Game Creation Platform

Unity Software and Google announced a partnership to develop AI-powered game creation tools. Google launched Playground, an experimental browser-based platform for U.S. adults to create games using text prompts. Unity Spark, integrating later this year, will add professional-grade 3D game creation capabilities using Unity's game engine.

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Unity Software Partners With Google to Launch AI Game Creation Platform

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Google's Gemini Skills Transform How Users Handle Repetitive AI Prompts with Slash Commands

Google introduced Gemini Skills, replacing Gems with a more powerful system for handling repetitive AI prompts. Unlike Gems, Skills execute within active conversations using slash commands and can stack multiple workflows simultaneously. Users can create custom Skills for research, fact-checking, and writing tasks, though some Gem features remain unavailable.

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Google's Gemini Skills Transform How Users Handle Repetitive AI Prompts with Slash Commands

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Gmail's Gemini AI Will Handle Your Email Chores But Waits for Your Approval First

Google is developing a feature that lets Gemini AI automate email tasks directly within Gmail's AI Inbox. The AI helper will draft replies and manage action items, but requires human oversight at every step. Before sending emails or marking tasks complete, Gemini waits for user approval, addressing key concerns about AI acting autonomously.

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Gmail's Gemini AI Will Handle Your Email Chores But Waits for Your Approval First

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Google Brings Gemini in Chrome and Auto Browse to India for Android Users

Google expanded Gemini in Chrome to all Android users in India, introducing its AI-powered browsing assistant for webpage summarization and question answering. Auto Browse, an AI-driven automation feature, is now available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers on desktop and Android, enabling multi-step task completion like form filling and grocery ordering.

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Google Brings Gemini in Chrome and Auto Browse to India for Android Users

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Google Opens SynthID AI Content Detector to Public, Supporting OpenAI and Nvidia Watermarks

Google has launched SynthID.com, making its AI content detector publicly available for the first time. The tool identifies invisible watermarks in AI-generated images, videos, and audio from Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, and Kakao, with Apple support coming soon.

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Google Opens SynthID AI Content Detector to Public, Supporting OpenAI and Nvidia Watermarks

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Marvell Technology Targets $30 Billion Custom AI Chip Business as Hyperscalers Seek Control

Marvell Technology has significantly raised its long-term sales outlook, projecting revenue between $70 billion to $90 billion by fiscal 2031. The chip designer's stock surged 6% after announcing its custom AI chip business could reach $30 billion, fueled by strong AI demand from major cloud providers seeking tailored data center solutions.

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Marvell Technology Targets $30 Billion Custom AI Chip Business as Hyperscalers Seek Control

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Google Playground Lets Anyone Create Video Games From Text Prompts Using AI

Google unveiled Playground, an experimental AI-powered platform that lets users build browser-based games through simple text prompts without coding expertise. The platform launches with Unity Spark integration planned, allowing creators to develop 2D and 3D games with professional-level mechanics while addressing concerns about AI's impact on the $200bn gaming industry.

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Google Playground Lets Anyone Create Video Games From Text Prompts Using AI

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Google releases offline AI note-taking app with 740M-parameter model for Apple Silicon Macs

Google unveiled AI Edge Foresight, a privacy-focused alternative to Granola that transcribes meetings completely offline using its on-device EmbeddingGemma 2 model. The Mac app processes meeting audio locally without cloud connectivity, offering real-time transcription and AI-powered meeting note-taker capabilities across Google Meet, Zoom, and in-person conversations.

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Google releases offline AI note-taking app with 740M-parameter model for Apple Silicon Macs

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Google Slashes AI Image Generation Costs by 50% with Nano Banana 2.1 and EmbeddingGemma 2 Launch

Google unveiled two AI models that reshape image generation economics and on-device search. Nano Banana 2.1 cuts image costs in half while boosting quality, and EmbeddingGemma 2 brings multimodal search to local devices with 740 million parameters.

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Google Slashes AI Image Generation Costs by 50% with Nano Banana 2.1 and EmbeddingGemma 2 Launch

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