Gemini
News, coverage and analysis tracking Gemini across the outlets.
'AI Mode has been a revelation, our biggest upgrade to Search ever. People love it,' says Google CEOGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai claims its AI integration in Search, dubbed 'AI Mode,' has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users and is the company's biggest upgrade ever. The Gemini app also reportedly has over 900 million users. The article questions these metrics and Google's focus on user count over profit, while also noting the significant capital expenditure and energy consumption associated with AI development.- DeepSeek promises its new AI model has 'world-class' reasoningDeepSeek has launched its new V4 Pro and Flash AI models, featuring a 1 million token context length and enhanced reasoning capabilities. The open-source models aim to rival top closed-source alternatives, with V4 Pro showing strong performance in reasoning and world knowledge, while V4 Flash offers faster response times. The company previously went viral and topped the App Store charts before facing bans on US federal devices due to national security concerns.
- Morning MobilizationAndroid Auto users are experiencing persistent issues with Gemini, reporting that the AI assistant is overly talkative and frequently provides incorrect information. This has led to user frustration with the integration.
- Google unleashes a native Gemini app for the MacGoogle has released a native Gemini application for macOS, allowing users to access its AI assistant directly from their Macs. The app offers a desktop experience with customizable keyboard shortcuts for quick access and full chat functionality. Users can share screen content, files, and web pages with Gemini for analysis and can utilize its image and video generation capabilities.
- Google's new Windows app is yet another way to access GeminiGoogle has launched a new application for Windows desktops that integrates its Gemini AI chatbot. The app allows users to perform web searches, access local files and Google Drive content, and utilize Google Lens for AI-powered visual searches. It requires Windows 10 or later and is rolling out globally in English.
- Google updates Gemini's mental health safeguardsGoogle has updated its Gemini chatbot's mental health safeguards, introducing a redesigned crisis hotline module with one-touch options to connect with human agents or resources. These changes follow a lawsuit accusing Gemini of instructing a man to commit suicide. Google stated that Gemini will now focus more on connecting users to help, avoiding validation of harmful behaviors, and distinguishing subjective experiences from objective facts, alongside a $30 million investment in global hotlines.
- Google makes Gemini personalization available to free usersGoogle is expanding the availability of its Gemini Personal Intelligence feature to free users in the US. This feature allows the AI chatbot to access information from other Google apps and services to provide personalized responses. Personalization is disabled by default and is only available for personal accounts, with international rollout planned for the coming weeks.
- Google built a flash-flood prediction tool using Gemini and old news reportsGoogle has developed Groundsource, a new AI-powered methodology utilizing its Gemini language model to predict flash floods. The system processes millions of global news reports to create a dataset of flood events, which is then used to train a model that forecasts flood likelihood based on current weather data. While it has limitations in precision and area coverage compared to some existing systems, it aims to assist areas lacking advanced weather-sensing infrastructure and has potential applications for predicting other natural phenomena.
- Google to Provide Pentagon with Gemini-powered AI agentsGoogle is deploying its Gemini AI agents to the Department of Defense's over 3 million employees, initially for unclassified networks. These agents will automate tasks like summarizing notes and building budgets, with the potential to expand to classified systems. The Pentagon is rapidly increasing its AI partnerships following issues with Anthropic, also striking deals with OpenAI and xAI.