Google Labs Portraits: Author Kim Scott is letting Google make a chatbot version of her to coach people.
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“Googled ‘I am a pigeon what should I do next’ and the google ai made me an entire itinerary?? With survival tips??” (pipers.jpeg, Threads)
Google Releases NotebookLM’s Text-to-Speech Tech to Everyone
Google has released new text-to-speech models. It's the same tech powering NotebookLM's conversational podcasts. The models are called Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview TTS and Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview TTS. You can try both in Google AI Studio. Or use the API. First, you choose between single-speaker and multi-speaker audio. Then, choose one or two of...
Comparing Google Search with AI Mode
This is a snapshot of a beta feature. It's June 2025. To test Google's AI Mode, you currently have to beam yourself to the US and go to Search Labs. Or you do a Google search, get an AI Overview, and discover, top left, a new feature called "AI Mode". Asked about layoffs at Business...
Is this already ‘agentic’? Google’s NotebookLM now searches and incorporates relevant web content.
Inside Google’s Two-Year Frenzy to Catch Up With OpenAI: Late nights, layoffs—and lowering guardrails (Paresh Dave and Arielle Pardes, Wired)
