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  Opinion | 95% Of Gen-AI Projects Are Failing - And Markets Can Smell The Fear

  Many firms are struggling to display profits from their AI investment. A new MIT study revealed that approximately 95% of generative AI business efforts are failing, with only 5% achieving meaningful revenue growth.

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  Google Says Fitbit AI Health Coach Uses Gemini Models for Adaptive Coaching

  Google is launching a public preview of its Gemini-powered Fitbit Personal Health Coach on October 28 for Fitbit Premium users in the US. The AI-based assistant combines fitness, sleep, and wellness guidance within a redesigned Fitbit app featuring new sections and an “Ask Coach” option. Users can chat naturally to receive personalised plans an...

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  Fitbit Health Coach Preview Rolls Out With AI Chatbot; Google to Launch New Fitbit Hardware in 2026

  Fitbit's personal health coach app's public preview will start rolling out to eligible Android users today, Google announced in a blog post on Monday. The current version brings a new Gemini AI-powered Ask Coach feature, allowing users to have a conversation with the chatbot. The public preview version will start with a conversation, where the comp...

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  Gemini October Feature Drop Brings New Features to Veo 3.1, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Canvas, and More

  The Google Gemini app gets new features as part of the October Feature Drop release. The new update brings a slew of new features to Veo 3.1, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Canvas, Gemini for Google TV, and more. Customers can now create full presentations with Canvas and export them to Google Slides. Check out the full suite of features available with the late...

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  Google Photos Is Reportedly Working on a Feature That Turns You Into a Meme

  Google Photos is reportedly testing an AI-powered feature called Me Meme that can turn selfies into meme-style images. Discovered in an APK teardown of version 7.51.0, it lets users pick a template and photo to create personalised memes. Separately, Google is said to be improving Gemini’s voice input mode, allowing users to lock the microphone fo...

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  Gemini Markup Tools Spotted in Development With Ability to Highlight Parts of Images

  An APK teardown of the Google app reportedly suggests that Google is developing image markup tools for Gemini. This would allow users to draw on images before entering them to Gemini for more contextual queries. The feature was said to be spotted on the version 16.42.61.sa.arm64 of the Google app. It also said to support the image editing features ...

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  Google's Gemini AI Assistant Could Soon Add a Mic Lock Option for Longer Voice Commands: Report

  The APK teardown of version 16.42.61 of the Google app has reportedly revealed a new mic option. Google is testing the option to let users long-press the mic icon in Gemini’s input box. It is expected to be useful for users to put longer requests. After being long-pressed, the mic icon will appear as a stop button, which users can tap when they w...

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  YouTube's New Likeness Detection Tool Explained: How to Sign Up, Data Usage Policy, and More

  YouTube is expanding its likeness detection tool which lets creators identify and flag content that features their likeness generated using artificial intelligence (AI). It is now available to all creators under the YouTube Partner Program. If a creator spots their likeness being used by another party on YouTube, they can submit a removal request f...

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  Opinion | Here's Everything That Google's $15 Billion AI Bet Really Brings To India

  The partnership structure, while involving Indian firms, still concentrates ultimate control in Google's hands. India must ensure that it shapes the intelligence that flows through it, rather than being shaped by it.

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  Google Releases Veo 3.1 Video Model With Improved Controls and Longer Video Durations

  Google has rolled out Veo 3.1, the first major update to its AI video generator. The new version improves prompt accuracy and gives creators finer control, letting them add reference images or set the first and last frames to shape the video’s flow. It’s available via Flow and the Gemini API for developers.

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  Google's 15 Billion Dollar AI Hub In India: Everything Students Should Know

  This is a major global challenge-for example, AI data centres in Scotland use the equivalent of 27 million water bottles per year

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  Google Photos Shares 10 Different Ways AI Features Can Edit Users’ Images

  Google Photos has showcased 10 new ways its AI tools can transform images, from removing reflections to changing outfits or decor. These Ask Photos features let users simply describe the edit they want in text or voice prompts. However, they’re currently limited to select US users aged 18 and above with English (US) language settings.

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  'There's Evidence': Ex-Google CEO Warns AI Models Can 'Learn To Kill Someone'

  Eric Schmidt, who served as Google's chief executive from 2001 to 2011, warned that AI models are susceptible to hacking.

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  Nothing Phone Users Can Now Quickly 'Share' Any Content With Essential Space

  Nothing has expanded its Essential Space app with the new Share Sheet feature, enabling users of the Phone 3, Phone 3a, and Phone 3a Pro to quickly save and organise content from articles, social media, music, and more via the Share feature. The Share Sheet installs automatically with updates or can be manually added via the Google Play Store. Acce...

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  Video Overviews in NotebookLM Updated With Google’s Nano Banana AI Model, Six New Visual Styles

  Google on Monday announced new features for NotebookLM to help users better understand complex topics. The company is bringing Nano Banana to Video Overviews, taking advantage of its generation speed, element-based editing, and consistent character. As per the company, there are six new visual styles in Video Overviews, including Anime, Heritage, a...