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Google’s new SynthID Detector can help spot AI slop

Google is launching a way to quickly check whether an image, video, audio file, or snippet of text was created using one of its AI tools. SynthID Detector, announced Tuesday at Google I/O 2025, is a verification portal that uses Google’s SynthID watermarking technology to help identify AI-generated content. Users can upload a file, and […]

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Google brings a music-generating AI model to its API with Lyria RealTime

Google announced at Google I/O 2025 that it is making the AI model that powers its experimental music production app, MusicFX DJ, available via an API. The model, Lyria RealTime, is now in Google’s Gemini API and AI Studio platform. It can mix musical genres, change instruments, and alter the mood of AI-generated music, giving

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Android Studio adds ‘agentic AI’ with Journeys feature, Agent Mode

Android Studio, the integrated development environment (IDE) for Android app developers, is getting an AI upgrade, Google announced at its developer conference, Google I/O 2025, on Tuesday. In addition to the rollout of the latest Gemini 2.5 Pro model, Android Studio is gaining a new “agentic AI” capability called Journeys and will soon introduce an

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Google I/O 2025 live coverage: Google AI Ultra, Project Mariner, Gemini app updates, and more

Canvas uses Gemini to help you vibe code Image Credits:Google Woodward also introduced Canvas, which he described as a Gemini-powered interactive space for co-creation. In a demo, he showed how Canvas lets him transform a detailed, written report into all kinds of new things, including a dynamic web page, an infographic, a helpful quiz, and

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Google I/O 2025 live coverage: Gemini, Android 16 updates, and more

It’s time for Google I/O! Google’s biggest conference of the year is here, and we’re expecting quite a bit of news from the event.  Google hosted a separate event dedicated to Android updates last week, called The Android Show. But we’re still looking forward to more, like improved notifications in Android 16, as well as

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Google inks another massive solar power deal to electrify its data centers

Google is buying another 600 megawatts of solar power to supply electricity to its data centers. The new deal covers solar and storage projects being developed in South Carolina by EnergyRe. The company says it has 16 gigawatts under development; most projects listed on its site have deployed around 60 MW to 75 MW of

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Google I/O 2025: What to expect, including updates to Gemini and Android 16

Google I/O, Google’s biggest developer conference of the year, is nearly upon us. Scheduled for May 20 to 21 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, I/O will showcase product announcements from across Google’s portfolio. Expect plenty of news relating to Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube, and — of course — Google’s AI-powered chatbot, Gemini. Earlier

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