NotebookLM is undoubtedly one of Google’s best implementations of generative AI technology, giving you the ability to explore documents and notes with a Gemini AI model. Last year, Google added the ability to generate so-called “audio overviews” of your source material in NotebookLM. Now, Google has brought those fake AI podcasts to search results as a test. Instead of clicking links or reading the AI … Continue reading Google can now generate a fake AI podcast of your search results

Apps used to be the measure of a mobile platform’s worth, with Apple and Google dueling over who could list the most items in their respective stores. Today, the numbers don’t matter as much—there are enough apps, and Google’s attempt to replace parts of the web with apps is going away. Instant Apps, a feature that debuted in 2017, will reportedly be scrapped in December … Continue reading Another one for the graveyard: Google to kill Instant Apps in December

StreamTV Insider provided flights from New York City to Denver and two nights of accommodation so Ars could attend its StreamTV Show. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. DENVER—Ads shown while you’re streaming shows or movies are disruptive enough. But there’s something uniquely eerie about what you see when a connected TV (CTV) platform fails to sell ad inventory. You may get a black … Continue reading Inside the firm turning eerie blank streaming ads into useful nonprofit messages

Mark Zuckerberg has reorganized his company’s ambitions around a hypothetical future that is suddenly the talk of Silicon Valley. Continue reading Meta Is Building a Superintelligence Lab. What Is That?

“These pay packages that they’re offering are stretching into nine figures.” Continue reading Meta Bets on Scale + Apple’s A.I. Struggles + Listeners on Job Automation

Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality. Continue reading They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of Natural History. But other galaxies await. Continue reading Traveling the Cosmos With Carter Emmart, One Last Time

Mark Zuckerberg has reorganized his company’s ambitions around a hypothetical future that is suddenly the talk of Silicon Valley. Continue reading Meta Is Building a Superintelligence Lab. What Is That?

Meta is making its first major minority investment in an outside company as it tries to catch up to a growing field of artificial intelligence rivals. Continue reading Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab

Two dozen venture capital firms and other investors are investing in xAI, the artificial intelligence and social media company. Continue reading Elon Musk’s xAI Is Getting $250 Million in Investments From TPG, Sequoia and Others