Google Gemini

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. Google just made personalized AI image generation free for every Gemini user in the U.S. That sounds like a win — and in many ways it is. But “personalized” means something very specific here, and it’s worth understanding what you’re actually signing up for before you start generating images that know your face, your hobbies, and your preferences without you saying a word. ...

Update July 2026: Google is bringing its more personalized Gemini AI to cars, with conversational navigation rolling out to Apple CarPlay. This means drivers can now interact with Gemini naturally to get smarter, tailored directions—details below. Update June 2026: Google’s Gemini can now call businesses on your behalf, handling those long hold times for you. The company has also confirmed its models were used in simulated hacking exercises against three companies in May 2026 — details below. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. Google just demoed Gemini looking through a car’s front camera and describing the world in real time. And my first thought wasn’t “cool tech” — it was “how long until this is in every car I can actually afford?” If you’ve been following Google’s AI push, you know Gemini has been everywhere lately. Phones, browsers, search results, Chrome itself. But cars? That’s a different game entirely. Because unlike your phone, a car is something you’re locked inside for hours every week — and the way AI shows up there changes how you drive, not just how you search. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve been waiting for this. Not because AI video is new — tools like Runway and Sora have been around for a while — but because none of them let you just talk to the video and watch it change. Google announced Gemini Omni at I/O 2026 on May 19th, and the first version, Gemini Omni Flash, is live now in the Gemini app, Google Flow, and YouTube Shorts. ...