Apple Inc. plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company’s first AI chatbot, thrusting the iPhone maker into a Gen AI race dominated by OpenAI and Google. Apple and Google are discussing hosting the AI chatbot directly on Google servers running tensor processing units. (Reuters) The chatbot, code-named […]
Cognitive warmup. Your Google TV-based Smart TV is set to get more of an AI flavour in 2026. Google, at CES 2026 last week, demonstrated how Gemini on the Smart TV platform would be useful in managing the TV’s settings, searching for specific people or places in photos, and also editing photos into different styles. […]
Apple Inc. has chosen Google Gemini over ChatGPT to power its AI technology as well as Siri in a multi-year deal, in what is seen as a big win for Alphabet Inc. over Sam Altman’s OpenAI in the global AI race. The Apple-Google deal unlocks unlocks two billion active Apple devices for Google Gemini to […]
Alphabet Inc.’s Google debuted an updated version of its AI model Gemini that executives said represents a “massive jump” in reasoning and coding ability. As part of the Gemini 3 rollout and in this push for growth, Google will be offering US college students Gemini Pro for free for a year. (Unsplash) The new model, […]
Apple Inc. is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parameter AI model developed by Alphabet Inc.’s Google that would help run its long-promised overhaul of the Siri voice assistant, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Apple and Google are finalising a deal that would give Apple […]
Reliance Jio has partnered with Google to offer select 5G users free access to Gemini Pro for 18 months. The plan—priced at ₹35,100—will be available to eligible Jio subscribers aged 18-25 through the MyJio app. The tie-up marks a major move by Reliance Jio and Google to bring advanced AI tools to India’s fast-growing 5G […]
Google parent Alphabet Inc. has clocked its first $100-billion quarter as the company fired on all cylinders—Google Search, Google Cloud, YouTube and Google Gemini—underscoring the “full-stack approach to AI” of the world’s largest search engine. Alphabet views its AI spending—from data centres and custom AI chips to research and talent—as critical for Google Cloud to […]
Alphabet Inc. sales topped quarterly Wall Street estimates, fueled by a surge in demand for its cloud and AI services. Shares rose as much as 7.5% in extended trading. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Google Search ads brought in $56.6 billion in sales in July-September, as “search instance share losses to ChatGPT have moderated”. (Bloomberg) Third-quarter […]
