Google, AI Mode
Digest more
Google unveiled dozens of new AI updates at I/O. Some of them seem to overlap significantly.
SynthID Detector is a ‘verification portal’ that determines if content has been created with Google’s AI tools. Google announced a new SynthID Detector tool at Google I/O that lets you check if content has been made with the assistance of Google’s AI tools.
I/O presentation, the company revealed AI assistants of all kinds, smart glasses and headsets, and state-of-the-art AI filmmaking tools.
At its I/O 2025 developer conference, Google launched Stitch, an AI-powered tool to help design web and mobile app frontends by generating the necessary UI elements and code.
Project Astra debuted at I/O 2024 as a next-generation AI assistant that can view the world around you, and provide advice and tips throughout the day. Since then, Astra has been incorporated into the camera and screen-sharing capabilities of the Gemini app and Google says it upgraded Astra's voice output to be more natural with native audio,
Explore more
Microsoft's focus on AI agents for enterprises may be easier to deliver than Google's consumer focus on a universal AI assistant because Microsoft only has to get the tech right. Google has to change its whole business model too.
Google I/O 2025 was largely dominated by AI agents that will parse the web for users, representing a new paradigm that could replace Search.
Alphabet's Google and artificial-intelligence startup Character.AI must face a lawsuit from a Florida woman who said Character.AI's chatbots caused her 14-year-old son's suicide, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
New AI features are coming to Search, Workspace, Gemini, and more. Here's my pick of the best AI news at Google I/O 2025.
Google’s Gemini Diffusion demo didn’t get much airtime at I/O, but its blazing speed—and potential for coding—has AI insiders speculating about a shift in the model wars.