Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
‘Most likely, you won’t see it on a Leica M camera’: Leica hints that generative AI tools like Gemini Omni are at odds with its photography heritage, but says they ‘make perfect sense’ for phones like the Xiaomi 17T Pro
These days, it’s not uncommon for phones to share two big selling points: a partnership with a trusted photography brand and flashy AI features. The Xiaomi 17T Pro, launched this week in Vienna, is no different, boasting Leica-tuned cameras and fresh new AI skills from Google‘s text-to-video tool, Gemini Omni.…
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Google I/O 2026 made one thing clear — Gemini is becoming impossible to avoid
Google used I/O 2026 to unveil a sweeping expansion of Gemini. Gemini is expanding across Search, Android, shopping, productivity, and AI agents. New features like Gemini Spark, Omni, and AI-powered Search show Google pushing hard toward always-on AI assistants. Google spent years insisting AI would quietly improve its products in…
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‘Learn to read the room’: ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is the latest commencement speaker to get booed for mentioning AI
Eric Schmidt is the latest AI advocate to get booed by students The University of Arizona class of 2026 weren’t impressed by his AI remarks There’s been a growing backlash to the tech from graduates Less than a week after University of Florida students booed real estate executive Gloria Caulfield…
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‘We have not seen the limits of what Atlas can do’: Boston Dynamics shows off Atlas robot’s impressive fridge-lifting and drink delivery capabilities — it’s only ‘limited by our imagination’
Boston Dynamics Atlas can deliver a drink It also delivers the refrigerator because it can lift up to 110 lbs. We also get a glimpse into how they’re training the Atlas Product humanoid robots Atlas delivers a drink in much the same way The Hulk might do it: forget the…
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The AI stack replacing a $50k hire: 11 AI tools doing the work of a full-time employee
Time for a reality check. AI can’t call on years of industry experience to fix a nuanced problem. It can’t demonstrate empathy over shared frustrations or build strong human connections. It won’t even laugh at your bad jokes unless you tell it to. Despite the hype, AI can’t actually fill…
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I thought Google NotebookLM was just an AI research tool — now it organizes my entire life
I originally thought Google’s NotebookLM was one of those impressive-but-slightly-pointless AI demos designed to show off what the company’s models could do. But somewhere along the way, it became one of the most genuinely useful AI tools I use every week. What started as an experimental research notebook has quietly…
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