Google Photos will turn your pictures into a digital wardrobe that you can mix-and-match

Google Photos is getting a new AI-powered feature that could change the way you plan outfits using photos you already have.

AI has a water problem — Google thinks it has a fix
AI has a water problem — Google thinks it has a fix

In the face of widespread backlash to the AI data center buildout throughout the US, Google is touting its efforts to minimize the environmental impact by actually increasing water for local communities. The company laid out five commitments around water use in a new blog post published Wednesday, including a goal to replenish more water […]

Google Play Books is getting an AI reading companion that remembers where you left off

The next time you lose track of a book, Google Play Books may have a surprisingly helpful solution waiting for you.

Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK
Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK

Online publishers are getting more control over whether their websites appear in Google’s AI Search features, thanks to a UK regulatory ruling. The new conduct rule imposed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) requires Google to let website owners keep their content out of features like AI Overviews and prevent it from being used […]

Google is adding some of Android’s best safety features to kids’ phones

Android is getting a meaningful safety upgrade aimed at younger users, and it could become one of the platform’s most useful additions yet.

UK regulator imposes new rules on Google search, including an AI-training opt-out
UK regulator imposes new rules on Google search, including an AI-training opt-out

Britain’s competition regulator has stopped consulting and started ordering. On Wednesday the Competition and Markets Authority imposed new conduct requirements on Google’s search services, the first concrete obligations to follow from its decision to …

Android will now warn you if someone is using AI to fake your contact’s voice on a call

Android can now detect when someone is spoofing your contact’s number and cloning their voice with AI.

Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams

As people increasingly refuse to answer calls from unknown numbers, scammers are shifting their tactics by spoofing trusted phone numbers and using AI deepfake technology to sound like authority figures, family members, or employers.

Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts
Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts

Google is launching a new feature for its Phone app that aims to protect you from AI impersonation scams. Now, when you receive a call from a scammer that appears to be coming from the same number as one of your contacts, Phone by Google will flag the call as suspicious so you can hang […]

Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet
Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet

According to every product demo from the last four years, planning a trip is a killer use case for AI. Just tell it where you’re going, they all promise, and your chatbot / agent / other buzzword will exhaustively search travel options, read up on all the fun things to do, check all the local […]