Gemini is about to get wings on your phone with agentic skills

A new leak suggests Google may be preparing a more powerful version of Gemini that can manage inbox clutter, generate meeting briefs, and even create custom AI skills.

Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag?
Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag?

Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts. This week, despite our best hopes, we still don’t have our phone – but we do have some fresh doubts about the company’s patriotic credentials. This has been a momentous […]

Google updates its spam rules to include attempts to ‘manipulate’ AI
Google updates its spam rules to include attempts to ‘manipulate’ AI

Google updated its spam policy to mark attempts to “manipulate” its AI model in search results as spam, including results in AI Overview or AI Mode in Search, as Search Engine Land reports: “In the context of Google Search, spam refers to techniques used to deceive users or manipulate our Search systems into featuring content […]

Looking To The Future: Mayor Wu And Others Discuss AI

Boston leaders, academics, and businesses united at to promote collaborative, human-centered AI innovation and economic growth.

OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts
OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts

Your trust in AI is about to be put to the test: OpenAI will soon let you give the chatbot direct access to your bank accounts. The new feature announced in preview today will allow users to “securely connect” ChatGPT with Plaid – the bank-to-app bridging platform used by 12,000 financial institutions, including Schwab, Fidelity, […]

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts

Once users connect their accounts, they will see a dashboard of their portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, and upcoming payments.

Runway started by helping filmmakers. Now it wants to beat Google at AI.

AI video generation startup Runway is betting that video generation is the path to world models. And that being an AI outsider is an advantage, not a liability.

The promises and pitfalls of personalized health
The promises and pitfalls of personalized health

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. A few days ago, my esthetician was smearing hot wax on my face. The two caterpillars I call […]

AI’s Chip Boom Is Creating Labor And Supply-Chain Problems

The insatiable demand for AI and in turn the demand for compute with huge memory requirements is turning AI’s boom into urgent supply chain and labor problems.

Osaurus brings both local and cloud AI models to your Mac

Osaurus combines local and cloud AI models in a Mac app that keeps users’ memory, files, and tools on their own hardware.