Apple's Siri AI will be powered by Gemini The AI can search through your photos, Gmail and Search and YouTube history. Gemini is a feature that's designed to feel more tailored to individual users. Once enabled, Personal Intelligence can pull context from across your Google ecosystem, including Gmail, Google Photos, Search and YouTube History, to gain specific insight that will shape its answers and recommendations. Personal Intelligence is available starting today in the US for Google AI Pro and subscribers. The feature is opt-in only and is off by default.

Gemini Live, Google's AI chatbot you can talk to like a person, is about to support more languages. The company is rolling out support for the generative AI virtual assistant in over 40 languages in the coming weeks. Gemini Live is Google's take on "free-flowing, natural conversations" in this new generative AI era. You can use it for things like brainstorming for events, diving down learning rabbit holes or practicing for job interview questions (and receiving real-time feedback). Although Google describes it as like talking with a friend, I'm unsure how many would do all of that.

Google is adding Gemini-powered AI automation to more tasks in Workspace. In its Tuesday Google I/O keynote, the company said its advanced Gemini 1.5 Pro will soon be available in the Workspace side panel as "the connective tissue across multiple applications with AI-powered workflows," as AI grows more intelligent, learns more about you and automates more of your workflow. Gemini's job in Workspace is to save you the time and effort of digging through files, emails and other data from multiple apps. "Workspace in the Gemini era will continue to unlock new ways of getting things done," Google Workspace VP Aparna Pappu said at the event. The refreshed Workspace side panel, coming first to Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive, will let you chat with Gemini about your content.

Just as Microsoft renamed Bing Chat to Copilot to unify its generative AI branding, Google is doing the same thing with Bard and Duet AI. The services now bear the name Gemini, after Google's multimodal AI model. The name change leaked earlier this month. Google has also debuted a dedicated Gemini Android app alongside a paid version of the chatbot that has more enhanced capabilities. "Bard has been the best way for people to directly experience our most capable models," Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in a blog post.

The updates are largely aimed at providing consumers with more visual and experiential modes to shop. Simplified search-based shopping: US users can now search "shop" in combination with a given product (eg "shop office chairs"). In response, they'll be taken to a shoppable visual feed of products and also gain visibility into real inventory in stores near them. The feature is currently mobile-only, but will be available on desktop soon. Shoppable looks: When shopping for clothes on Google, users can now "shop the look" when they see an outfit they like.

'Gutfeld' guests discuss reports a Google software engineer was suspended for saying artificial intelligence is sentient. Google is a divisive company. Maybe you love the ease of Gmail and how easy it is to find anything you want online. Or maybe you get a shiver up your spine thinking of all the data the search giant has on you. You might see a few personal details when you search for yourself online.

Google has announced a new redesign of its search tools, making it more visual and adding in extra contextual information about its results. At its Search On event, the web giant also announced new features for Google Chrome and its Google Lens artificially-intelligent photo software. The main aesthetic change are visually browsable results, "for searches where you need inspiration" such as "pour painting ideas", Google says, which will surface a series of pictures at the top of search results without having to navigate to the Images tab. It will also bring in more contextual information, rolled out over the coming months, with a new'Things to know" section that includes "different dimensions people typically search for". For those searching how to paint with acrylics, for example, underneath the top result will be a series of drop-down results that include a step-by-step guide, tips, or style options.

History of Dermatology: The Brazilian authors of this article are offering us a fascinating journey into dermatology. The latter is defined by technologies which have revolutionized social interactions, content sharing and access to health. Derm Assist – the new Google App! Facing 2 billion people worldwide suffering from a skin disease among which 1.4 billion do not have access to care and the 10 billion searches for skin conditions on the company's search engine, Google has decided to act. The new App (check the video), dubbed Derm Assist, aims to help people spot skin, hair and nail conditions, based on images uploaded by patients. The company added that this artificial intelligence (AI) is not designed to be a substitute for medical diagnosis and treatment.

Now, the company is bringing classic characters from TV shows, anime and games including Pac-Man and Hello Kitty to life with augmented reality in Google Search. The expansion into animated characters makes sense considering Pac-Man is the most searched animated icon on Google, leading the pack by a long way: worldwide search interest in Pac-Man is more than double the next most-searched character, Hello Kitty. Now, anime is more popular than video games worldwide, with interest for anime climbing to its highest peak on record in the past month. Google Search has made these characters completely interactive, users can watch ghosts chasing after Pac-Man or Gundam swoop into their living room! To date the characters listed that are viewable in augmented reality include Evangelion, Hello Kitty, Gomora, Gundam, Pac-Man and Ultraman.

Google is putting a bunch of iconic Japanese characters in Search as augmented reality objects you can interact with. The tech giant is giving you the chance to bring 14 familiar characters from anime, video games and TV shows into your environment, including Pac-Man and Hello Kitty. Apparently, Pac-Man remains the most-searched animated icon on Google, especially (for some reason) in Peru. Its worldwide search interest more than doubles the second-most searched character, Hello Kitty. Aside from those two, you'll also be able to summon Ultraman, Evangelion and Gundam robots, as well as Little Twin Stars characters into your space.