Code within the latest beta version of Google Maps indicates that Google could add a chatbot to the app. We speculate that the chatbot could be used for the Local Guides program or possibly other uses. Google Maps is one of the best free Android apps that ...

In its bid to maintain pace with generative AI rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI, Google is rolling out updates to the no-fee tier of Gemini, its AI-powered chatbot. The updates are focused on making the platform more performant -- and more widely available.

Gemini 3, calling it “a new era of intelligence.” That statement may not be true if you don’t configure the settings properly though. LLM expert Andrej Karpathy learned this lesson when he was unable to convince the chatbot that the year was 2025.

Google is opening up access to Bard, its conversational AI tool, to teens in most countries around the world. Teens who meet the minimum age requirement to manage their own Google Account will be able to access the chatbot in English, with support for ...

OpenAI boss Sam Altman has reportedly declared a “code red” pushing employees to improve ChatGPT as AI giant fends off concerns that it is losing ground to rivals like Google.

Geoffrey Hinton, an AI pioneer who previously worked at Google Brain, said it was "surprising than it's taken this long" for Google to catch OpenAI.

Google has integrated its artificial intelligence chatbot Bard into applications like YouTube, Gmail and Drive, the company announced Tuesday, as AI competition heats up between Google and OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed creator of ChatGPT. The AI race ...

A new AI bot at the beauty company’s Jo Malone unit seems to have bridged a digital chasm: getting people to buy perfume without smelling it first.

Google’s own “Bard” AI chatbot says the US Justice Department has a winning case in the landmark antitrust trial against the search giant – and blasted the company for wielding illegal “monopoly power” that has “harmed consumers,” according ...