
Google Assistant is soon set to be replaced by Gemini, and Android fans are unhappy with the change.

Harry and Meghan are right to criticize Grok after its pushback against Minnesota’s new law protecting children from abusive AI deepfakes
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham appears to support the growing discontent over AI job application screening and video-based interviews.
The era of ‘dumb weapons’ is coming to an end, with companies striving to infuse AI and other technologies into the tools of future warfare
The Trump administration is pushing forward with a huge data center buildout while sidelining environmental concerns and worsening pollution.

Following up on a Reddit conversation about AI image generators I investigate how Nano Banana 2 compares to ChatGPT at image generation.

Google has confirmed that Google Assistant will stop working on Android and Wear OS in the near future.
NHS staff are driving adoption of AI, with admin tasks the main focus of the technology, and around 70% of patients “feel positive” about it.

Gemini Spark is designed to take on longer-running tasks that continue in the background and now it is part of the Chrome browser, so here’s how it works.
Developing AI as a tool means recognizing that its values are reflected in the values of those who build and deploy it