Alphabet's Google on Wednesday appointed an insider to lead its future AI-powered product development, as AI enters a new phase of mainstream adoption, according to a memo from CEO Sundar Pichai to company leaders seen by Reuters.

What follows is all reckless speculation—you’ve been warned. But maybe Apple sees all this irritation, and maybe the reason why they’re so “ late to the AI party ” is because they’re looking at the AI belief bell curve—which I doubt, because it’s something I just made up.

Koray Kavukcuoglu, Google DeepMind’s chief technology officer, will work to combine Google’s AI models with its products “with the goal of more seamless integration, faster iteration, and greater efficiency,

HP has partnered with Google for a new virtual conferencing solution that doesn't need VR headsets or other wearables, called HP Dimension with Google Beam. Instead of glasses, it's a giant 3D-enabled display that sits on a conference desk in front of you and mimics the feeling of interacting with someone just a few feet away.

The Chrome browser is Google's next target for AI Mode integration. The AI-powered feature can be enabled in the Canary build.

The partnership gives the ChatGPT-maker access to Google's cloud services for training new AI models - and more distance from Microsoft.

Google has offered buyouts to staff in several divisions in a fresh round of cost cutting, according to a company statement and reports from several news outlets. It’s not clear how many employees are affected,

Google Cloud’s Iliana Quinonez takes a deep dive into why the company sees a critical importance in democratizing AI agent development for organizational advancement. This presentation, held at TechCrunch Sessions: AI,

Chatbots are replacing Google’s traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers.

Google's revving up its AI video-making engine Veo 3 with a sped-up version called Veo 3 Fast. Both Gemini Pro and Flow users can access the faster Veo 3 model, which produces 720p videos at more than twice the speed of the previous iteration.