Google DeepMind has shipped a sign-language-to-text model, SL2T, inside two consumer Android products, the first time sign language AI has reached a shipping phone feature. The model powers sign-to-text dictation in Gboard and Live Transcribe on Pixel 11 phones, launching with American Sign Language to English translation on August 12, 2026. The feature works anywhere a user would normally type. A Deaf signer can dictate a web search, draft a message or document, or query Gemini by signing to… [...]
At start of December, Google DeepMind released Genie 2. The Genie family of AI systems are what are known as world models. They're capable of generating images as the user — either a human or, [...]
Here's an AI-government collaboration of a less… unsettling variety than some. Google DeepMind is teaming up with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) for tropical cyclone season. The AI researc [...]
The AirPods Pro 3 are a big upgrade over the AirPods Pro 2. Even though Apple has continuously added new features to those earbuds over the last three years, it hasn’t changed the design or shape of [...]
Google DeepMind today released three new proprietary AI models it says are among its most token-efficient yet: Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber. The models aim to ma [...]
Google DeepMind today released three new proprietary AI models it says are among its most token-efficient yet: Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber. The models aim to ma [...]
It’s a classic New York experience. You’re riding the subway to work, and suddenly the train stops. The lights go off, and you seem to be trapped between stations in a tunnel. For many New Yorkers [...]