Google’s Recommender System Breakthrough Detects Semantic Intent

Google quietly published a research paper on personalized semantics for recommender systems like Google Discover and YouTube.

Google, chatbot startup Character.AI settle Florida mother’s lawsuit over teen son’s suicide

Alphabet's Google and artificial-intelligence startup Character.AI have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida woman who ...

Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death

The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an ...

Google and chatbot maker Character to settle lawsuit alleging chatbot pushed teen to suicide

Google and Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who claimed a chatbot pushed her son to kill himself.

Teen's Mom Settles with Google and AI Company After Claiming His Suicide Was Fueled by Love of Chatbot

On Tuesday, Jan. 7, Megan Garcia and Character Technologies, the company behind Character.AI, its founders Noam Shazeer and ...

This app brings Pixel 10’s Google Maps power-saving mode to older Pixels

In November 2025, Google introduced a new power-saving mode in Google Maps, exclusive to the Pixel 10. It preserves power ...

I tried Gemini's 'scheduled actions' to automate my AI - the potential is enormous (but Google has work to do)

Here's what you can and cannot automate today via Gemini, including 15 ideas to use as starting points - and a bonus banana in a raincoat with an umbrella.