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The claim: A peer-reviewed study in The Lancet evaluates Google AMIE medical AI in a real-world primary care clinic, demonstrating how advanced language models might assist physicians in managing complex patient interactions. The reality: A $10,000 server rack running Google AMIE in a Sydney GP clinic still cannot write

The claim: Google states that users can now find the cheapest petrol and diesel prices in the UK across Google Maps and Waze by searching for local fuel stations to see the latest rates and save money. The reality: Drivers still have to rely on independent station owners manually uploading

Google Labs has launched Google Flow Music, a new initiative that allows producers and songwriters to build custom instrument plugins using natural language prompts rather than traditional coding. * Spaces in Google Flow Music attempts to bridge the gap between bespoke studio workflows and mass-market AI tools. * Creators can theoretically generate

Google Research has decided that the solution to global healthcare disparities is pairing artificial intelligence with blind sweep ultrasounds, theoretically allowing low-resource clinics to capture diagnostic images without trained sonographers. * By simplifying the scanning process through automated guidance, the technology aims to democratise access to prenatal scans. * It sidesteps the

Google is pushing its suite of education products—highlighting Google Sites, Gemini, and Google Vids—as essential tools for modern classrooms in Sweden to foster digital literacy and critical thinking among students. * Google Sites is being framed as a vital medium for student self-expression, locking children into the ecosystem early.

Google has published its annual advisory on 2026 holiday travel trends, leveraging its search data to tell the public what they already suspect: flights are expensive and everyone wants to go to the same places at the same time. * The data confirms that booking early remains the only reliable defense

Google has introduced Guided Vision in Gemini Live, a new real-time visual assistance feature developed in collaboration with the blind and low-vision community to help users navigate their physical surroundings using AI. * Real-time processing attempts to describe the immediate environment without making things up entirely. * Developed alongside actual users rather

Google has published another entry in its Ads Decoded series, offering up the revolutionary idea that you can take existing social media content and repurpose it for YouTube ads. Because nothing screams high-impact advertising quite like forcing a vertical square into a horizontal circle. * Google is heavily pushing the narrative

In keeping with the sacred Silicon Valley tradition of dropping feature updates regardless of demand, Google has published its consolidated list of artificial intelligence announcements for September 2026, offering yet another selection of algorithmic improvements for us to parse. * Google's latest AI updates arrive precisely on schedule to

Google Research has officially sent its Project Suncatcher prototype satellite into orbit, hitching a ride on a SpaceX Transporter-18 mission alongside partner Planet. Because terrestrial data collection apparently leaves room for improvement, the tech giant is now looking upward for its next trick. * Project Suncatcher represents Google Research moving physical