Wasting time on YouTube could soon be a thing of the past.
Instead of sitting through lengthy instructional YouTube videos, Android users will soon be able to ask Google’s AI questions about individual clips, and receive answers in seconds. The feature, which the company plans to make available in the coming months, could be a boon to consumers, but also have significant consequences for YouTube creat
Nabiha Syed, who was previously CEO of investigative tech news nonprofit The Markup, is joining the Mozilla Foundation as executive director, she tells Fast Company in an exclusive interview.
Syed will be stepping into an organization that looks to bring its open source, pro-user freedom approach to the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence. The Mo
Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its
A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a new report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the oppo
This week, Airbnb’s co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky sat down to discuss the company’s new Icons initiative and how Airbnb plans to surprisingly pivot their business in the next year. Chesky also shares the inside story behind the antagonistic Airbnb vs hotels ad campaign, and why bodybuilding inspires his leadership. The second part of this interview releases on Friday—with Chesky revealing his bold strategy for an AI future.
This is an abridged transcript of an interview from
A quartet of General Motors electric vehicles line the garage of a sleek Beverly Hills mansion now occupying a lot once housing Dean Martin’s digs. It’s against this backdrop of old making way for the new that subsidiary GM Energy last week demonstrated its new vehicle-to-home bidirectional (V2H) charging technology. Or in simpler terms, a system enabling EVs and homes to power one another.
The pa
I’ve tried virtually every major messenger app over the years, but my favorite has always been Apple’s Messages. No, I’m not a blue bubble snob. I’ll happily use different messaging apps with different friends. But I’ve always preferred Apple’s Messages because of its clean, minimalist design. Still, many of my friends prefer WhatsApp, and most businesses that offer messenger-based support us
Google showed off some new skills in its Gemini AI chatbot at Tuesday’s I/O developer event, and previewed a new Gemini assistant that talks to you like a human assistant.
The AI advancements are powered by Google DeepMind’s Gemini Pro 1.5 model, which strikes a balance between performance and speed.
In the short term, subscribers to the Gemini Advanced service tier will get a chatbot that can digest and remember far more information (and more than any other c
Google said at its I/O developer event Tuesday that it’s rolling out its AI-native search to all users for the first time. Previously, users could try Google’s chatbot-based search (then called “Search Generative Experience” (SGE)) by opting into the experience in Google Labs. Now AI search will become available to all users searching for certain subjects or products.
Unlike traditional Google search, AI search returns a custom-built bundle of text and links—called “AI Overv
Meta Platforms will discontinue its work-focused Workplace app as the company shifts its focus on building artificial intelligence and metaverse technologies, the Facebook parent said on Tuesday.
Workplace will be shuttered starting June 2026