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Google Updates MedGemma With Imaging Support, Launches MedASR for Clinical Dictation

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Google has released MedGemma 1.5, an updated version of its open healthcare-focused AI model. The company said the model expands support for CT scans, MRI and histopathology, and also introduced MedASR, a medical speech-to-text system for clinical dictation and healthcare workflows. Both models are available via the AI community Hugging Face and Google Cloud’s AI […]

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Hegseth wants to integrate Musk’s Grok AI into military networks this month

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On Monday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he plans to integrate Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, into Pentagon networks later this month. During remarks at the SpaceX headquarters in Texas reported by The Guardian, Hegseth said the integration would place “the world’s leading AI models on every unclassified and classified network throughout our department.”

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Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers

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On Tuesday Microsoft announced a new initiative called “Community-First AI Infrastructure” that commits the company to paying full electricity costs for its data centers and refusing to seek local property tax reductions. As demand for generative AI services has increased over the past year, Big Tech companies have been racing to spin up massive new

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Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling

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Google’s Veo video AI made stunning leaps in fidelity in 2025, and Google isn’t stopping in 2026. The company has announced an update for Veo 3.1 that adds new capabilities when you provide the model with reference material, known as Ingredients to Video. The results should be more consistent, and output supports vertical video and

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Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws

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On Sunday, Google removed some of its AI Overviews health summaries after a Guardian investigation found people were being put at risk by false and misleading information. The removals came after the newspaper found that Google’s generative AI feature delivered inaccurate health information at the top of search results, potentially leading seriously ill patients to

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Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store?

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Elon Musk’s xAI recently weakened content guard rails for image generation in the Grok AI bot. This led to a new spate of non-consensual sexual imagery on X, much of it aimed at silencing women on the platform. This, along with the creation of sexualized images of children in the more compliant Grok, has led

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Apple says its new AI-powered Siri will use Google’s Gemini language models

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The “more intelligent” version of Siri that Apple plans to release later this year will be backed by Google’s Gemini language models, the company announced today. CNBC reports that the deal is part of a “multi-year partnership” between Apple and Google that will allow Apple to use Google’s AI models in its own software. “After

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Google parent Alphabet hits $4tn valuation after AI deal with Apple

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After Apple chose Gemini to power Siri, Alphabet surpassed Apple to become second-most valuable company in worldGoogle’s parent company hit a major financial milestone on Monday, reaching a $4tn valuation for the first time and surpassing Apple to become the second-most valuable company in the world.Alphabet is the fourth company to hit the $4tn milestone

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Apple, Google Enter Multi-Year Deal to Power Apple Intelligence Models

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Apple has entered into a multi-year collaboration with Google under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be built on Google’s Gemini models and cloud technology, the companies said on Monday. The new foundation models will power upcoming Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalised version of Siri expected to roll out later

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E-Commerce Giant Wayfair Goes All-In on Generative AI, Partners with Google, OpenAI and Others

Google Introduces Universal Commerce Protocol, AI Tools to Power Agentic Shopping

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Google has announced a new open standard and a set of AI-powered tools to help retailers sell products in an emerging “agentic shopping” environment, where AI systems act on behalf of consumers. The company introduced the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard that allows AI agents, retailers, and payment systems to work together across

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