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button in Google Maps: “Ask Maps.” Google started rolling out this new generative AI feature today, a conversational, in-app tool that combines data from Maps with a user experience similar to the company’s Gemini chatbot.
Google announced on Thursday that Google Maps is introducing a Gemini-powered conversational “Ask Maps” feature along with an updated “Immersive Navigation” experience that brings a 3D view, road details, natural voice guidance, and more to the app.
SponsoredIn partnership withL&T Technology Services The impact of artificial intelligence extends far beyond the digital world and into our everyday lives, across the cars we drive, the appliances in our homes, and medical devices that keep people alive.
Flash floods are among the deadliest weather events in the world, killing more than 5,000 people each year. They’re also among the most difficult to predict.
Plus: Iran names US tech giants as potential targets. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Hustlers are cashing in on China’s OpenClaw AI craze In January, Beijing-based software engineer Feng Qing
When news broke Tuesday morning that Meta bought Moltbook, the social network for AI agents, it may have left some people scratching their heads.
An advocacy group said its study of 10 artificial intelligence chatbots found that most of them gave at least some help to users planning violent attacks and that nearly all failed to discourage users from violence.
company behind the writing software Grammarly, is facing a class action lawsuit over an AI tool that presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—none of whom consented to have their names appear within the product.Julia Angwin, an award-winning investigative
Lovable crossed $400 million in annual recurring revenue in February, the Stockholm company confirmed to TechCrunch.
Last week, Netflix announced the acquisition of InterPositive, an AI company co-founded by Ben Affleck that helps filmmakers edit footage in post-production. This deal could be worth up to $600 million, according to Bloomberg, potentially ranking it among the streaming giant’s largest acquisitions e
MLPerf Inference v6.0 基准套件首次引入文本到视频（Text-to-Video）任务，标志着视频生成模型从实验性工具向专业工作流的核心转型。任务组选用阿里巴巴开源的 Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers 模型，该模型采用独特的专家混合架构，通过高噪声和低噪声专家顺序激活生成高质量视频。基准限制视频时长为5秒、720p分辨率、16fps，数据集基于 VBench 精简至248样本，使用 SingleStream 场景测量延迟。VBench 提供16维质量评估，精选6关键指标确保准确性和公平性。参考实现基于 Hugging Face Diffusers，在 BF16 精度下准确率达70.48。该基准为消费者决策和厂商优化提供标准化参考。
MLCommons 医疗工作组通过 MedPerf 开源平台推进医疗 AI/ML 模型的真实世界基准测试与评估。最新集成 Apache Airflow，大幅简化联邦临床研究中的数据准备管道的分发、编排与监控。针对以往单容器方法带来的错误、调试难题及可扩展性不足等问题，新方案将多个容器串联成工作流，支持模块化复用、WebUI 监控与错误恢复。非技术用户只需 YAML 文件即可构建管道，自动转换为 Airflow DAG。FL-PoST 研究已投入生产，保障数据隐私并提升协作效率。欢迎社区探索与贡献。
SGLang Adds Day-0 Support for NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super for building High-Efficiency Multi-Agent SystemsNVIDIA Nemotron TeamMarch 11, 2026We are excited to announce that SGLang supports NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super on Day 0. Nemotron 3 Super is a leading open model in the Nemotron 3 family, built for runni
Pokémon Go was the world’s first augmented-reality megahit. Released in 2016 by the Google spinout Niantic, the AR twist on the juggernaut Pokémon franchise fast became a global phenomenon.
YouTube is expanding its likeness detection technology, which identifies AI-generated deepfakes, to a pilot group of government officials, political candidates, and journalists, the company announced Tuesday.
Meta acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-like “social network” where AI agents using OpenClaw can communicate with one another. The news was first reported by Axios and later confirmed to TechCrunch. Moltbook is joining Meta Superintelligence Labs, a Meta spokesperson told us.
Legora, an AI platform for lawyers, is now valued at $5.55 billion following a $550 million Series D set to fuel its growth in the U.S. That’s despite growing competition with rival Harvey, but also with Microsoft Copilot and generalist large language models (LLMs).
In a slight capitulation to those who don’t want AI infused into their everyday apps, Google said it’s now offering a toggle that will allow users of its Google Photos app to return to the previous and often faster “classic” search experience instead of the newer AI-powered option known as “Ask Phot
OpenAI co-founder Mira Murati’s two-year-old AI research lab has signed a sizable deal with semiconductor giant Nvidia. Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab announced it entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with AI semiconductor giant Nvidia on Tuesday.
Just a couple of years ago, AI agents were mostly chatbots that could use basic tools. People were curious, but given concerns around reliability and security, as well as cost, the tech remained in the realm of early adopters. How things have changed.
