President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that his government had conducted a “kinetic strike” against suspected drug smugglers from Venezuela in a boat traveling in the Caribbean. The strike killed 11 people, according to Trump, and he claims they were all gang members. None of those points has been confirmed, and drug smuggling is not a […]
Mysterious ‘Nano-Banana’ Project Revealed to Be Google’s Latest Image Editor
Google just upgraded its AI image model, and it actually looks to be a pretty significant step up. The company rolled out Gemini 2.5 Flash Image today, a major refresh that promises smarter and more flexible image generation. The upgraded model allows users to issue natural language prompts to not only generate images but also […]
Google’s Big Leap Forward for Real-Time Translations Is Deepfaking Your Voice
The Pixel 10 makes Gemini-enabled deepfakes a pivotal feature of its new real-time translation features. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been promised the Next Big Thing in app-enabled translation. Since the dawn of Google Translate, it’s felt like tech companies (not just Google, but Samsung and Apple, too) have been teasing a […]
Get Ready, the AI Hacks Are Coming
Artificial intelligence, very real vulnerabilities. Source link
Samsung’s New Foldables Give the Keys to Google AI and Say, ‘Here, You Drive.’
Samsung’s newest generation of Fold and Flip folding phones is here, and this year, it has quite a bit to parade around. The Galaxy Fold 7, for example, is hella thin and almost as slim as a Galaxy S25 Ultra when it’s folded up, while the Galaxy Z Flip 7 has a bigger front-facing screen […]
I Asked AI to Write a Protest Chant. What I Got Back Was Surprisingly Subversive
[If you want to see how AI handled generating Pro-ICE chants, you can check it out here.] I wanted to know what kind of activist a chatbot could be. More than two years and a half after ChatGPT stunned the world and kicked off the current AI arms race, I posed a simple question to […]
I Asked AI to Create a Pro-ICE Chant. Google and Meta Did. ChatGPT Said No.
[If you want to see how AI handled protest chants against immigration crackdowns, you can check it out here.] In the lead-up to nationwide protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids this weekend, I decided to test a simple but revealing prompt on five major AI chatbots. The goal wasn’t to endorse ICE […]
Google’s Veo 3 AI Slopfest Just Reached New Heights
Just when I thought I met my slop quota for the month, Google had to go ahead and pile on. With Veo 3, AI-generated video has reached a whole new and stupefying level. YouTube slop; video game slop; VR slop; app slop—you name it. All of that slop, however interesting, disheartening, or inane, has been […]
Google’s New AI Mode for Search Cranks Gemini to Max Volume
Looks like Google is doubling down on AI-centric search despite a rocky, glue-pizza-marred rollout last year. At Google I/O 2025, the company announced “AI Mode” for search that greatly expands what it started with AI Overviews. According to Google, “AI Mode,” which is available in Labs starting Tuesday, “expands what AI Overviews can do with […]
Live Updates From Google I/O 2025 🔴
© Google / Screenshot by Gizmodo Hi folks, I’m James Pero, Gizmodo’s new Senior Writer. There’s a lot we have to get to with Google I/O, so I’ll keep this introduction short. I like long walks on the beach, the wind in my nonexistent hair, and I’m really, really, looking forward to bringing you even […]