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The jury’s speedy decision to reject Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the other founders of OpenAI and Microsoft confirmed what we saw in the courtroom: Musk’s case was a weak one, in part because he waited so long to file it. Watching the closing arguments last week, OpenAI’s attorneys detailed point by point how the law was on their client’s side, while the plaintiff’s team focused on Sam Altman’s apparent lack of credibility and expressed disbelief that anyone would disagree with Musk’s accusations. The final effect was that, after the verdict, some found it hard to believe Musk had lost —…

Everyone hates Spotify’s new disco ball app icon. The sentiment is nearly universal, and I can see why. Loading audio narration… The bright green circle of Spotify’s logo is now an emerald green disco ball with a light outer ring. If you know it’s supposed to be a disco ball, this makes sense, but it also looks like a blurry version of the regular logo, as if someone made a knockoff of the Spotify app.It’s a mess.But so what? It worked.Spotify had to go to work on X, replying to people’s angry tweets about how bad its logo was, letting…

Google is getting (back) into the smart glasses game. At Google I/O on Tuesday, the company announced a new partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to produce a new line of AI-powered glasses. The company says that the devices will be built to pair with Android and iOS devices and were designed in collaboration with Samsung. They will be available later this year, the company said. Google is calling the new devices “audio glasses,” in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini.…

Gemini 3.5 Pro isn’t coming out yet, disappointing the crowd at Google’s packed flagship developer conference I/O on Tuesday. Loading audio narration… “I know you can’t wait to get your hands on it,” CEO Sundar Pichai said onstage. “Give us until next month to get it to you.”Many had expected 3.5 Pro to come out at I/O, since it’s the most powerful model in the works from the tech giant.Pichai didn’t explain why the chatbot will launch later than expected, although he did say that it’s already “showing great improvements” compared to previous versions.Google didn’t immediately respond to a request…

Graduation is cause for celebration. At Glendale Community College, an AI-related flub made it cause for apology. Loading audio narration… The college’s recent graduation ceremony outside of Phoenix, Arizona ground to a halt after a naming mishap. Several students’ names weren’t called as they crossed the stage. Others were left waiting after failing to hear their name at all. Thus began a 10-minute commencement debacle, with AI to blame.They later found an old-school solution: human name-callers.The first sign that something was amiss began when Lorelei Konopka, the college’s vice president of academic affairs, asked the audience to “give us one…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai isn’t afraid of touting big AI usage numbers, despite the ‘tokenmaxxing’ controversy. Loading audio narration… At Google’s annual developer conference today, Pichai said that monthly usage of its AI products has increased sevenfold to 3.2 quadrillion tokens since last year.The huge increase drew audible gasps from the packed Shoreline Amphitheater near Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters — and a joke from Pichai.”Some out there might call it tokenmaxxing, and there’s probably some truth to it,” Pichai said to some laughter from the audience. “I still think it tells an important story about our products and how others…

We’ve all pulled up Street View on Google Maps to show a friend what our childhood home looked like, or dropped that little person icon onto the streets of Paris to see if we booked a hotel in a cool neighborhood. Imagine being able to do that, but in a more immersive, interactive way that allows you to really simulate the street and its environs, and even do things like adjust the weather or see what it would look like in a “Day After Tomorrow” scenario. That’s one of the goals of Google’s latest integration. Starting today, Google DeepMind is…

Google launched on Tuesday Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new AI model that the company says is its strongest yet for coding and autonomous AI agents. The model, which was introduced at the company’s annual I/O developer conference, can independently execute coding pipelines, manage research projects, and, in internal tests, build an operating system entirely from scratch. The release signals Google’s shift from pitching AI as a conversational tool to AI as an agentic tool. It’s not just answering questions, but planning, building, and iterating on real work with minimal human input.  “3.5 Flash offers an incredible combination of quality and…

At the 2026 Google I/O keynote, the tech giant revealed new agentic capabilities in Search, where users can create, customize, and manage multiple AI agents to stay updated on topics of interest. The announcement is part of Google’s larger push toward agentic AI systems that can take initiative and assist with ongoing tasks instead of answering one question at a time. Unlike traditional search tools that respond only when prompted, Google’s information agents are designed to operate continuously in the background, 24/7, helping users stay informed about their interests without needing to repeatedly search for the same information every day.…

For all its driverless cars, AI chips, and fitness trackers, Search is still Google’s most important product. Loading audio narration… That’s why it’s a big deal any time Google makes a change to its search engine — especially if it’s the biggest update in a quarter century.The company said on Tuesday that it is giving the traditional Search box an AI-infused upgrade, as it continues to form — and respond to — changing user habits.While it’s still very much a box, Google is adding features to its default Search that were previously confined to its “AI Mode” tool, such as…