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Google Docs now lets you listen to your documents with a new Gemini-powered audio feature. This tool aids in error detection, comprehension, and multitasking ...

Google has rolled out a new Audio text-to-speech feature in Docs, powered by Gemini, that lets you listen to your documents instead of just reading them. This is especially useful for catching errors, ...

Google has quietly expanded how much of your personal data it can use to train its AI models, and yes, that includes your Gmail inbox. Emails, attachments, receipts, bills, private conversations… all ...

Google says the claims about training Gemini AI with users' emails from Gmail are false. Credit: Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images You may have seen the now-viral warnings that Google is ...

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Gemini 3 is skilled at reasoning, generating video, and writing code. Amid talk of an AI bubble, Google notes the new model could help increase search revenue too. Google has introduced Gemini 3, its ...

Viral posts claim you need to opt out of Gmail’s ‘smart features’ to avoid having your emails used to train AI, but Google says it doesn’t use the content of your emails for AI training. Viral posts ...