Another day, another generative AI update. Google’s AI subsidiary DeepMind has previewed Gemini 1.5 Pro, an upgraded model of Google’srenamed Bard chatbot Gemini. DeepMind will “roll it out slowly” to regular Joes and Janes via a wait list. Microsoft intends toadd a dedicated key on Windows 11 laptops and PCstolaunch its AI tool, Copilot. So 1.5 Pro is essentially an upgraded version of the best available model now. Finally, Gemini 1....

The price represents a 2.3% premium over the company’s Monday closing stock price of $22.49. Up until last year when it rebranded, it was known as FireEye. The deal comes in the wake ofRussia’s invasion of Ukraine. They’ve also speculated thatRussia could directly target the US or other NATO countriesif it feels threatened. All of that has boosted demand for cybersecurity professionals when there’s already asignificant labor shortage in the industry....

On theGoogle Play Store, the app has more than 5 billion downloads and more than 9 million reviews. Meet, whichreplacedHangouts in 2020, is a videoconferencing app that handles remote gatherings with hundreds of participants. Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. For Duo users, the name of the app they launch will change to Meet. Conversation history, contacts and messages won’t be affected and a new app download won’t be required....

The settlement also requires independent third-party experts to analyze Google’s hiring practices and pay equity studies. “Google, since its founding, has led the tech industry. They also have an opportunity to lead the charge to ensure inclusion and equity for women in tech.” Pease worked at Google for over 10 years in several technical leadership positions. Google didn’t acknowledge any wrongdoing as part of the settlement. The spokesperson added that Google is committed to paying, hiring and leveling all employees equally....

A new safety section is coming to Google Play. Starting next year, Android developers will be required to include a privacy policy with their app. The requirement covers both first-party and third-party app developers. Previously, only apps that collected such information had to disclose their policies on the Play store. If you’re an Android user, you’ll start seeing the policies at the beginning of next year. The requirement to include a privacy policy comes amid rising concerns about the amount of data collected by apps....

Google said BERT has already cut “unexpected shocking results” by 30% over the past year. The new AIs are designed to deliver results that more accurately reflect the intent behind searches. Google can easily return the phone number of the National Suicide Prevention Hotline when people in crisis search. Tech platforms have struggled with suicide content, which is easy to find onsocial media platforms. Google says that BERT has helped reduce explicit results around ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender....

How’s the Wi-Fi in your house? The core hardware is the same. Read more:Nest Wifi vs. Google Wifi: How are the two mesh routers different? Allow me to translate: Plenty fast for everyday everything. Only if you’re streaming 4K video to multiple TVs simultaneously while gaming on your Xbox. (This is a bit of speculation on my part, as I’m not an expert at Wi-Fi. That’s an unusually high score for any networking gear....

That wasn’t always the case. Before, he had been using a cheap security camera that could only record a few hours at night. “Honestly it’s very, very secure. There’s like a security guard here,” said Park. The program comes in response to a rise in racist rhetoric and violence against Asians during the pandemic. Google declined to comment further beyond Shim’s post. It’s limited to brick-and-mortar stores with no more than three locations....

The app is also designed to help facilitate interactions with theGoogle Assistant. To start, users record a set of phrases so the app can get to know how they talk. Then, Google uses speech data to personalize the technology and help users carry out commands. The Relate app includes three key features. Repeat restates what someone says in a clear computerized voice, hopefully making face-to-face interactions more seamless. Then, they’ll be given access to the Listen, Repeat and Assistant features....

The model studies 20 billion parameters before generating a final image. Parti differs fromImagen, a text-to-image generator that Google designed to use diffusion learning. The model then learns to decode the static to re-create the original image. As the model improves, it can turn what looks like a series of random dots into an image. Google isn’t releasing Parti or Imagen to the public because AI data sets carry the risk for bias....

AUSTIN, Texas – Google plans on releasing an Android software developer kit for wearables within two weeks. He said a big question at Google is how the company will successfully pull off that kind of expansion. “They’re probably losing at least half of their users,” he said. Without being specific, he hinted that Nest could be part of that. “We are thinking hard about the layer which will connect all these devices together,” Pichai said....

One Democrat opposed the opinion and another abstained from voting. Individual users would still be able to manually move and flag such emails as spam. Google has denied any political bias in how it sorts email. “Everything that Google does is on a nonpartisan basis. The products are not intended to discriminate against any candidate, any party or any speaker.” Google isn’t a stranger to conservatives' accusations of political bias....

Some elements of the ad deal,codenamed Jedi Blue, had previously been reported by the Journal. Since the lawsuit was filed, Facebook has rebranded its parent company as Meta. Meta isn’t a defendant in the case. Google spokesman Peter Schottenfels said the lawsuit lacks merit and contains inaccuracies. He added that Facebook is one of more than 25 companies that participate in its ad bidding program. Facebook also defended the agreement....