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A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you're facing away from the camera. Starting June 23rd, Google's expanding its facial recognition feature so that people you've tagged in your Familiar Faces library can continue to be identified when their faces aren't clearly visible, using "additional non-biometric signals (body size, clothing color, etc.)." The Familiar Faces library will also begin automatically updating with the most recent images of everyone in your house, so you should get fewer inaccurate notifications from outdated examples. Google also says … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Google's talent loss to rivals highlights the critical importance of retaining top AI researchers to maintain competitive edge and investor confidence. The post Anthropic recruits two more key Gemini researchers from Google appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
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The Legal Context Protocol could redefine AI-driven commerce by ensuring legal enforceability, potentially stabilizing a $15 trillion market. The post Google, IBM and Circle back new legal standard for AI agents appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Google's nuclear strategy could redefine energy procurement, influencing tech industry power dynamics and boosting demand for nuclear tech. The post Google’s nuclear technology strategy advances with Kairos and GE Vernova appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The Speaker comes in four colors… but red is the way. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge Right out of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a couple of important tests. Even with the volume at 100 percent and music blaring out of the speaker, it quickly ducked the audio and listened every time I said "Hey, Google." In fact, in two days of testing, the speaker's three microphones haven't missed a single wake word - except for the time I stage-whispered to it from the other room while trying to avoid waking up the baby, but I'm not sure that's a fair test. I set up the speaker in the bathroom and chatted with it from the shower; Siri hardly ever hears me over the running water, but Google did pretty well. These are the sort … Read the full story at The Verge.
The shift towards renewable energy in data centers could redefine market dynamics, offering lucrative opportunities for clean energy providers. The post Amazon leads in AI data center capacity as Google bets big on renewables to close the gap appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
A court in Germany found that Google was responsible for what its chatbots say in search summaries. This is the accountability we need Earlier this month, a German court ruled that Google is liable for its AI search summaries. Rejecting defenses like “users can check for themselves”, and that they generally know “that information generated with AI should not be blindly trusted”, the court held that the AI’s summaries are reflections of the company and “above all an expression of Google’s business activities”. This is the latest skirmish in a decades-old battle over internet publishing. Historically, there were two different types of information distributors: carriers and publishers. A phone company is a carrier. It’ll transmit whatever you say, even discussions about committing a crime. Words are words, and the phone company does not know – nor is it liable for – the words you choose to speak. A newspaper, on the other hand, is a publisher. It decides the words it publishes, and what q
