Google unveiled an AI-powered shopping experience and other features at its annual developer conference, betting big on transforming how consumers find and buy products online with artificial intelligence.
Waymo achieves 10 million robotaxi rides milestone, doubling its volume in five months while delivering over 250,000 weekly paid trips across four major cities, as Tesla prepares to launch competing autonomous taxi service in Austin next month.
Warby Parker shares surged around 16% after Google announced a $150 million partnership to develop stylish smart glasses, with the first line set to launch after 2025 using Google's Android XR operating system and AI assistant.
Google unveils AI-powered shopping experience with virtual try-on, personalized product discovery, and agentic checkout to seamlessly buy at preferred prices.
Google announced a premium $249.99 per month 'Google AI Ultra' subscription service, offering exclusive access to its latest AI models, early access features, massive storage, and premium perks like YouTube Premium, positioning it as a 'VIP pass' for cutting-edge Google AI.
Major Chinese tech giants like Alibaba, Tencent, and JD.com reported strong earnings driven by improving consumer spending and the growing impact of AI-powered advertising, despite recent U.S.-China trade tensions and economic headwinds.
In 2011, Larry Page became Google's CEO and tried to enforce meeting policies like 50-minute time slots, but employees maliciously complied by booking available 10-minute slots, causing meeting disruptions and showcasing the futility of rigid rules without buy-in.
Anthropic, a pioneering AI company, has teamed up with Menlo Ventures to launch the $100 million Anthology Fund, aimed at fueling startups leveraging Anthropic's cutting-edge AI technology across diverse sectors like healthcare, education, and consumer solutions, while fostering innovation and societal benefits.
AI shopping assistants are reshaping e-commerce, with consumers embracing them to search and buy products online, prompting Mastercard to unveil Agent Pay, a secure payment solution that leverages AI to facilitate purchases and detect fraud more effectively.
AI algorithms secretly influence what content people see online, shaping political views and social behavior, raising concerns over potential misuse for societal control by powerful entities, prompting calls for transparency and safeguards against dystopian outcomes.