A Texas Senate hearing Tuesday will also gather testimony on how universities have complied with the state’s DEI ban. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls
The system effectively listens for “conversation patterns commonly associated with scams” in-real time. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google announces Gemma 2, a 27B-parameter version of its open model, launching in June
The standard Gemma models were only available in 2 billion and 7 billion parameter versions, making this quite a step up. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read…
Tech Crunch – Google TalkBack will use Gemini to describe images for blind people
This is a great example of a company using generative AI to open its software to more users. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google launches Firebase Genkit, a new open source framework for building AI-powered apps
Firebase Genkit is an open source framework that enables developers to quickly build AI into new and existing applications. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read…
Tech Crunch – Google is building its Gemini Nano AI model into Chrome on the desktop
This will enable developers to use the on-device model to power their own AI features. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Circle to Search is now a better homework helper
Google’s Circle to Search feature will now be able to solve more complex problems across psychics and math word problems. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more:…
Tech Crunch – Google experiments with using video to search, thanks to Gemini AI
People can now search using a video they upload combined with a text query to get an AI overview of the answers they need. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal…
Tech Crunch – Google will soon start using GenAI to organize some search results pages
A search results page based on generative AI as its ranking mechanism will have wide-reaching consequences for online publishers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read…
Texas Monthly – After U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s indictment, why aren’t Republicans trying to flip his district?
Instead, Republicans are trying to tie Cuellar’s allegations of bribery and corruption to Democrats in other competitive races in South Texas. Read: Read More



