Dataland is set to open in Los Angeles as the world’s first AI art museum. Powered in part by Google’s technology, the immersive attraction showcases AI-generated artwork while reigniting the debate over whether artificial intelligence can truly be considered an artist.
Sundar Pichai’s Stanford commencement address focused on optimism, hard work, and following your passions. But for the CEO of Google, one topic seemed notably absent: artificial intelligence. I explore whether the omission was intentional and why it stood out during one of the most transformative periods in technology history.
Google has launched a lawsuit against an alleged cybercrime operation known as Outsider Enterprise, claiming the network used phishing kits, fake websites, and AI-enhanced scams to target hundreds of thousands of victims. The company is also backing new legislation and working with carriers and law enforcement to combat the growing threat.
A new AI visibility study claims luxury brands like Hermès, Rolex, Chanel, and Ferrari dominate ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. While the rankings themselves are interesting, the bigger story may be the rise of a new AI-focused SEO industry designed to influence how large language models describe brands.
Google is pitching Gemma 4 12B as a multimodal AI model powerful enough for agentic workflows while still being lightweight enough to run locally on consumer laptops with 16GB of memory. The company’s encoder-free design could make this one of its more interesting AI releases yet.
Google is finally giving publishers visibility into how their content performs inside AI Overviews and AI Mode. New Search Console reports reveal impressions, pages, devices, and countries tied to generative AI features, while new controls let site owners opt out entirely.
A new security audit claims several popular AI image generation models, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok, can produce realistic fake passports and driver licenses. Researchers say some systems even generated IDs depicting minors.
A new report claims only 8 percent of organizations fully understand the true cost of serving AI features. As GPU bills rise and pricing models remain messy, the AI industry may be running into a profitability problem nobody wants to discuss.
As a Catholic tech journalist, I found Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical on AI surprisingly thoughtful, unsettling, and very relevant to today’s tech world.
A new report says Big Tech and AI firms may generate up to $831,497 from the lifetime data of a single American user, raising fresh privacy concerns.
XREAL and Google finally pulled back the curtain on Project Aura at Google I/O 2026, showing lightweight Android XR glasses powered by Gemini AI and Qualcomm Snapdragon hardware.
Google DeepMind is launching an AI for the Planet accelerator in Asia Pacific, but the initiative also raises uncomfortable questions about Silicon Valley influence and dependency on American tech companies.