If you’re joining a meeting from a conference room, it “knows when you are in a room using an ultrasonic signal” to suggest using Companion Mode automatically.
The signal can be broadcast from compatible hardware, and it’s picked up by the microphone on your laptop when you’re using Meet in Google Chrome.
As chatbots take a bigger bite out of search and the internet heads toward Google Zero, John Herrman writes, “The era of SEO is over. Say hello to GEO [Generative-engine optimization].”
The experts he spoke to indicated that publishers should focus on quality content to rank highly in AI search, but he also spoke to an ex-Googler who said he’s found evidence that the paid version of ChatGPT is using Google Search -- and he’s not the first one to say that.
[nymag.com]
Google dubbed an error from its Med-Gemini model a typo. Experts say it demonstrates the risks of AI in medicine.
Here’s the entire court filing:
Google LLC (“Google”) has filed an emergency motion for an administrative stay of the district court’s permanent injunction, entered October 7, 2024, pending Google’s forthcoming motion to stay the injunction pending further appellate proceedings. Google’s emergency motion (Dkt. Entry No. 201) is granted. Google should file its motion to stay the injunction pending further appellate proceedings no later than August 8, 2025.
Google previously had two weeks to begin complying. Now it has three weeks, or longer — depends whether these judges think the full Ninth Circuit or Supreme Court will want to weigh in on the permanent injunction against Google.
The advanced problem-solving model, first announced at I/O in May, is now available in the Gemini app for anyone signed up to Google’s $250 per month plan.
The version rolling out is a variant on the model that recently picked up Gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad. While that version took hours to solve complex math problems, the wide release is apparently much faster, but Google estimates it could still get Bronze.
[blog.google]
