I asked Gemini if my chicken salad was still good: it saved itself and my stomach

A simple question about the freshness of chicken salad turned into a broader learning experience about AI’s own safety nets.

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I asked ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok which sci-fi AI they’re most like — and their answers were surprisingly different
 I asked ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok which sci-fi AI they’re most like — and their answers were surprisingly different

Anthropic made me wonder whether AI learns from science fiction — so I asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude one fascinating question. Which sci-fi AI are you most like?

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Gemini’s revamped Wear OS design is finally rolling out, and it was worth the wait

Gemini on Wear OS is trading its full screen app for a slick new overlay that finally matches Android phones, complete with live transcripts and a smarter mic indicator.

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Is Google Gemini trained on Google docs? One indie developer thinks so, after it told players about his unreleased game plans
 Is Google Gemini trained on Google docs? One indie developer thinks so, after it told players about his unreleased game plans

One indie game dev is convinced Gemini just leaked information from his private Google Docs.

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‘This will be my last Pixel’: Android fans are rebelling against the imminent demise of Google Assistant — here are 5 reasons why
 ‘This will be my last Pixel’: Android fans are rebelling against the imminent demise of Google Assistant — here are 5 reasons why

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

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Study finds AI-generated animal stories rarely have a female lead

A new University of Washington study found that when AI models write stories about talking animals, the lead character is rarely ever female.

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Google Home’s Interactive Storytime feature has me wondering who actually asked for this

Google Home’s latest update lets families co-create interactive bedtime stories with Gemini, while also expanding camera support.

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‘Now, almost every image looks flat or cartoonish’: I saw Reddit arguing that Google’s AI image generator had got worse — so I ran my own comparison against ChatGPT
 ‘Now, almost every image looks flat or cartoonish’: I saw Reddit arguing that Google’s AI image generator had got worse — so I ran my own comparison against ChatGPT

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

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Google Assistant will shut down for good on Android and Wear OS in September — here’s what you need to do next
 Google Assistant will shut down for good on Android and Wear OS in September — here’s what you need to do next

Google has confirmed that Google Assistant will stop working on Android and Wear OS in the near future.

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I tried Gemini Spark in Chrome and it’s the perfect AI for handling all the boring bits online
 I tried Gemini Spark in Chrome and it’s the perfect AI for handling all the boring bits online

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.

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