Google just dropped another monster AI update in June — and it’s PACKED! From genome-level breakthroughs to voice-first AI search to generative wallpapers from Jupiter … Here’s what’s new in AI @Google : Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: their fastest + most efficient model
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Google Releases AI Guides for Educators
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AI Guides for Educators: https://
edu.google.com/intl/ALL_uk/ai
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Top 10 Companies Leading AI Innovation in 2025
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Top 10 Companies Leading the New Era of #AI in 2025 — https://
visualcapitalist.com/charted-top-10
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ChatGPT 4o outperforms Google Gemini and Siri in search tasks
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Did a search today for the closing time of Cedar Point. Siri failed (no surprise). Google Gemini app failed (this was a bit shocking). OpenAI ChatGPT 4o nailed it with some very useful context. One example, but Google losing at its own game is not good.
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Sequoia Capital faces scrutiny over racially-charged employee comments
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Any other employer's HR department would be investigating an employee if they made such racially-charged comments as this. What is @Sequoia Capital doing about it?
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Apple Intelligence’s Conservative AI Deployment Strategy
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Apple's new "Report a Concern" form in Apple Intelligence feels a little bit over the top. You have to pick from 8 different classes of issues. Are they being too conservative with AI deployment compared to their competitors?
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Gates donates fortune to Africa while Musk misleads
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Gates gives away the bulk of his fortune to aiding Africa, and Musk just … lies.
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Siri Never Had Real Artificial Intelligence, Critics Say
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Il n'y a jamais eu d'intelligence artificielle dans SIRI.
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Early Google’s Organizational Excellence 1995-2004 Period
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Finished listening to this @AcquiredFM episode on Google. Great listen. Early Google (1995-2004) was among the highest performing organizations ever created.
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Why AI and Information Access Don’t Fix Misinformation
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X (and other social media sites) make our 1990s optimism about the Information Age seem silly. Even with all of the world's information a click away (& a free AI that can help explain that information in a personalized way), half-mangled anecdotes with no source win every time.