First, AI could write, then it could speak. More AI services are gaining voices in order to make them feel more human. Google has a set of new and hyper-realistic voices that it uses across some of ...

Google Voice, the free phone service, saved me at least three times. It's a great backup plan. As I was knocking on the door of a relative in San Diego this week, for example, my phone was speeding ...

Google’s DeepMind has shown off an AI-powered robot that can beat the average player at a game of table tennis. According to an announcement by the company on X-formerly-Twitter, “it’s the first agent ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Yesterday, Google Research unveiled two new projects it’s been ...

I’m standing in a kitchenette at a Google office in Mountain View, California, observing a robot at work. It’s staring at items on a counter: bubbly water, a bag of whole-grain chips, an energy drink, ...

Axios has more details about Google’s plan to reboot the Google Assistant into something based around generative AI. As was previously reported, the Google Assistant team is getting reorganized around ...

Making Google Assistant more kid-friendly isn’t just about restrictions, Google has also developed four new “kid-friendly voices” to lend some diversity to its voice assistant. “We're really excited ...