How to get Gemini out of Google Docs, Photos, and more

Google has put it's AI assistant in many of its most popular apps, but you can disable it if you won't want to use AI.

I tried ChatGPT’s voice-to-text feature — and it’s miles ahead of Otter and Google Recorder

ChatGPT’s new Voice-to-Text tool goes beyond transcription — it understands context, summarizes in real time, and outperforms Otter and Google Recorder in every test.
PCMag

Real or AI? The 7 Telltale Signs Every Fake Image Still Can't Hide

As AI models produce increasingly lifelike images, these simple checks can help you distinguish between reality and digital ...
heise online

U-turn: Google wants to bring JPEG XL back to Chrome

Three years after its removal, Google wants to re-integrate JPEG XL into Chrome. Previously, Safari and Firefox, among others, had changed their positions. Google wants to bring back support for the ...
PC Magazine

Google Docs vs. Microsoft 365: One Office Suite Clearly Comes Out on Top

After decades of using both Google's and Microsoft's productivity suites, it's clear that one continues to deliver the strongest combination of power, flexibility, and collaborative capability. I've ...
MIT Technology Review

DeepSeek may have found a new way to improve AI’s ability to remember

Instead of using text tokens, the Chinese AI company is packing information into images. An AI model released by the Chinese AI company DeepSeek uses new techniques that could significantly improve AI ...
Android Police

Google Docs now uses Gemini for text-to-speech narration

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
9to5google

Gemini can read aloud Google Docs with new ‘Audio’ text-to-speech

As previewed earlier this year, Gemini in Google Docs will now let you “create audio versions of your documents.” On the web, go to the Tools menu for a new “Audio” option in-between Voice typing and ...
InfoQ

Google Launched LangExtract, a Python Library for Structured Data Extraction from Unstructured Text

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
CNET

How to Summarize Text Using Google's Gemini AI

If you do a lot of your work using Google apps like Google Docs and Sheets, Gemini could help increase your productivity. Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist and storyteller at ...
Android Authority

Google Messages is hiding a useful text formatting feature from users

It turns out Google Messages supports text formatting, but currently, only the integrated Gemini chatbot can use it to format its own replies. The hidden feature uses Markdown syntax, as seen when the ...
Engadget

Google's Imagen 4 text-to-image model promises 'significantly improved' boring images

Google has unveiled its latest text-to-image model Imagen 4 with the usual promise of "significantly improved text rendering" over the previous version, Imagen 3. The company also introduced a new ...