Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri

Apple and Google have embarked on a non-exclusive, multi-year partnership that will involve Apple using Gemini models and Google cloud technology for future foundational models.

Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade
Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade

Apple will use Google’s Gemini AI model to power a more personalized Siri coming this year. “After careful evaluation, Apple determined that Google’s Al technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models and is excited about the innovative new experiences it will unlock for Apple users,” Google and Apple announced on Monday. CNBC […]

Google brings buy buttons to Gemini and AI search
Google brings buy buttons to Gemini and AI search

Google turned up the heat in the AI shopping wars this weekend, announcing plans to turn Gemini into a merchant and launching an open-source standard built together with major retailers including Shopify, Walmart, and Target. The move comes as companies like OpenAI, Amazon, and Perplexity jostle for power and influence at the heart of a […]

Gemini now lets you shop Walmart and Sam’s Club products without leaving the chat

Walmart has partered with Google to let users browse and purchase products within Gemini.
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Google’s Gemini AI will go shopping for you without hopping between sites and apps

This new agentic shopping experience, accessible in Gemini and AI Overviews, will also includes the convenience of loyalty point rewards while it automatically pulls shipping details from Google Wallet.
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Google co-founders may be leaving California

Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google.

Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches
Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches

Earlier this month, The Guardian published an investigation that showed Google was serving up misleading and outright false information via its AI overviews in response to certain medical inquiries. Now those results appear to have been removed. According to the original report: In one case that experts described as “really dangerous”, Google wrongly advised people […]

Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries

This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.

Google’s AI Inbox could be a glimpse of Gmail’s future
Google’s AI Inbox could be a glimpse of Gmail’s future

This week, Google announced a new AI Inbox view for Gmail that replaces the traditional list of emails with an AI-generated list of to-dos and topics to track based on what’s in your inbox. It’s not widely available yet, but I have access, and in the few hours I’ve spent messing around with it, I […]

Wing’s drone delivery is coming to 150 more Walmarts
Wing’s drone delivery is coming to 150 more Walmarts

Wing is bringing drone delivery to even more Walmart stores in 2026. The Alphabet-owned company announced today that its drones will be flying above 150 more locations this year, including in four new cities: Los Angeles, St. Louis, Miami, and Cincinnati. In June 2025, the companies said they would expand their delivery partnership to 100 […]