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Google says students in the U.S. and India can now add hundreds of textbooks from providers such as OpenStax, Open Textbook Library and S Chand Publishing into Gemini Notebook at no charge. Textbook content is used to ground answers with inline citations and links, and can be transformed into study guides, practice quizzes, flashcards and more via the notebook's 'Add sources' → 'Textbooks' catalog.
Chrome’s enhanced autofill can now surface information from a user’s Gmail—such as order numbers, tracking details, and flight bookings—while filling web forms. The feature is powered by Google’s Gemini with Personal Intelligence, is rolling out in the U.S. on desktop, Android and iOS for Gemini-in-Chrome users with Personal Intelligence enabled, and Google says sensitive data is encrypted and user controls are available; support for images from Google Photos is promised soon.
Mozilla updated Firefox’s Smart Window with two features: an AI-assisted form-filling option that can pull text from your open tabs (you choose which tabs to use) and a '/watch' webpage-monitoring task that checks specified pages for changes on a daily or weekly basis while the browser is open. Generated suggestions are produced by Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite model; the features currently support text fields (dropdowns and PDFs are planned) and are rolling out to the Smart Window beta in the US and Canada.
Microsoft is offering voluntary exit buyouts to up to 60,000 employees across the US, UK, Canada and India. Internal messages and sources say the program covers staff across many groups — including AI teams such as Copilot and CoreAI — while some business units (marketing, security, certain commercial teams) are not participating.
In a Foreign Affairs essay, Eric Schmidt with Niall Ferguson and Lisa Klaassen argue that the US and China have built rival AI empires that concentrate capital, chips, energy, and markets, likening firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic to East India Companies; they cite export controls (Anthropic’s temporary shutdown of Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a U.S. order) and warn that a Taiwan/TSMC disruption is the greatest supply-chain risk, proposing a Cold War–style AI détente with capability limits.
Google has added conversational Gemini capabilities to Google Maps on Apple CarPlay, available today for drivers in the United States, with Google saying a global rollout is underway. The feature lets CarPlay users tap a Gemini icon on their car’s infotainment display to ask multi-step navigation and place-finding queries (for example, get recommendations then route there while avoiding tolls); Google has not yet said whether the Personal Intelligence personalization features announced for Android Auto will be available on CarPlay.
Google announced it will bring its Financial Services Verification program to the United States and Canada in early 2027, expanding a program that already protects approximately 2 billion internet users across 42 countries. The policy requires advertisers to prove authorization by relevant regulators or recognized registries for certain financial ads, and Google says its systems (helped by Gemini in 2025) blocked over 99% of policy-violating ads before serving; Google is coordinating with the American Bankers Association and Canadian Bankers Association and will publish country-specific onboarding details ahead of rollout.
Google announced a new Google Play capability that lets users run privately created "vibe‑coded" apps on their Android devices using their standard Google account without publishing them to the public Play Store. The feature (initially available to US users 18+) ties into Google AI Studio and Play's existing policies, with planned options to share with trusted friends and later publish publicly; Google also unveiled AI-driven Play updates such as Game Finder, Ask Play comparisons, and deeper Gemini integration.
Fields Medalist Shing‑Tung Yau and leading Chinese mathematicians launched the Yau Laboratory Alliance for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence in Beijing, uniting eight institutions and aiming to build a network of over 1,000 researchers to develop specialized models, machine‑verifiable proofs, and transparent AI reasoning. The move comes as about 25 Western Fields Medal winners — including Terence Tao and Peter Scholze — express deep skepticism about AI‑generated proofs and some call for boycotts, warning such tools may erode understanding.
OpenAI will test display ads that fill ChatGPT's image-generation loading screen for US users, showing product carousels labeled as advertising and kept separate from the generated image, with an initial group of advertisers starting later this month. The company is also expanding advertiser measurement integrations (Hightouch, Tealium, LiveRamp), attribution partners (AppsFlyer, Adjust, Branch), geo-experiment pilots (Haus, Measured, WorkMagic), and brand-safety pilots with DoubleVerify and Integral Ad Science; OpenAI reports an ad revenue run rate of $1 billion and has a stated goal of $100 billion in ad revenue by 2030.
Microsoft announced plans to apply nature‑inspired “biomimicry” designs—adding native plantings, gardens, and ecosystem restoration—to more than 20 data‑center sites in the US and Germany, scaling work it began at a Netherlands site in 2022 and pledging the approach for new US projects. The move is intended to reduce local opposition over construction, tree removal, noise, water and pollution concerns, though some residents say bigger steps are still needed to address broader environmental impacts from rapidly expanding data centers.
AWS CEO Matt Garman published a >3,000-word blog urging communities and policymakers not to block AI data centers, arguing moratoriums (he said 100+ are being considered) would harm US economic and national-security competitiveness. The post sets out an Amazon 'Data Center Commitment' — including pledges on jobs, local energy impacts and more than $1 billion in community support — and Amazon says it no longer uses nondisclosure agreements with government agencies, according to company comments.
Google has rolled out an AI-powered virtual closet in Google Photos to all Android and iOS users in the United States, Brazil and India; the feature scans users' outfit photos to catalog items by category and lets users mix-and-match looks. The broader Photos update also includes Gemini Spark one‑prompt editing (requires Google AI Pro/Ultra in the U.S.), an upgraded Markup tool with redaction and sketch controls, and new Android-only "Moods" photo filters.
The US has proposed an AI notification system with China—similar to a Cold War hotline—to alert each other about national-security AI incidents, but US officials say finalizing a framework could take weeks. Key details still need to be defined, including incident benchmarks, Chinese sign-on, and enforcement, and the timeline may be affected by decisions about an 'AI czar' and export policy around Nvidia H200 chips.
A Gallup survey commissioned by Microsoft across 37 countries (about 1,000 respondents per country, polled between April and July) finds that about 68% of Americans who use AI daily are worried about the technology, and the U.S. leads broader anxiety measures with 74% expressing worry. The report also shows regional variation — respondents in Singapore and China are more optimistic — and overall suggests widespread curiosity about AI despite significant concerns about accuracy and societal impacts.
Spotify has begun rolling out Taste Profile, an AI-powered feature that shows users how the service understands their music and audio tastes and lets Premium subscribers in the U.S. edit recommendations via natural-language commands. First unveiled at SXSW and beta-tested in New Zealand, the tool aims to directly influence Discover Weekly, Made for You recommendations, and other Home feed suggestions; the feature remains in beta with no broader timeline given.
In a UN General Assembly speech, President Donald Trump claimed the United States is now "officially" renaming "artificial intelligence" to "super intelligence," arguing the word "artificial" makes intelligence sound fake. The statement was presented rhetorically during a broader speech and has not been shown to reflect a formal government policy or legal change.
OpenAI is calling for international technical standards to govern advanced AI development focused on recursive self-improvement (RSI), noting that fully autonomous RSI is not happening today and should only be pursued if it can be done safely. The company urges U.S. leadership on shared measurement methods, incident reporting, and human-oversight rules—building on national AI safety institutes and bodies like CAISI and ISO—echoing similar concerns raised by a recent UN scientific panel.
US and Chinese officials have resumed discussions under a proposed “US China AI Dialogue” to design a mechanism for notifying each other of AI incidents that could threaten national security, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said; the talks follow discussions after President Trump’s May Beijing visit and did not address recent US export controls. The meetings are intended to increase transparency between the two leading AI powers amid rising public safety concerns about frontier models.
The Independent International Scientific Panel on AI — the UN’s new global scientific body — issued its first thematic brief calling for governments to implement stronger safeguards and international coordination on advanced AI now, arguing that the precautionary principle justifies action even where specific risks remain scientifically uncertain; the brief references incidents including OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face and other agent-related failures. The report aims to put AI safety on the UN diplomatic agenda as leaders meet in New York and the US and China discuss AI.
On Truth Social, President Donald Trump posted a poll proposing new names for 'Artificial Intelligence' (options included 'Superior/Extreme/Supreme Intelligence') and said he is forming an 'AI Force' and will appoint an AI 'Czar', without providing details on responsibilities. He also framed AI-safety concerns as politically motivated and referenced prior comments about supporting the AI industry while considering 'guardrails.'
Epoch AI, with polling partner Ipsos, ran representative US surveys in March and August 2026 and found the share of adults using AI at least six days a week rose from 8% to 19%; occasional (one-day-per-week) users fell from 17% to 10%. The March sample had 2,017 respondents and the August sample 1,016, and Epoch AI cautions the two estimates are not fully comparable because question wording differed between surveys.
Pew Research surveyed 42,151 people across 37 countries (Feb 8–May 13) and found that in 34 of 37 countries respondents are more likely to believe AI will cause job losses over the next 20 years than create new jobs; concern is highest in wealthier countries such as Australia, South Korea, and the US. The survey also shows many expect AI to widen income inequality, younger adults express mixed but rising anxiety, and a global median of 41% feel equally concerned and excited about AI's growing role in daily life.
OpenAI and AARP are running free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops for 1,000 older adults across 10 U.S. cities to help participants build practical AI skills and learn safe usage practices.
TechCrunch AI reports that growth in AI workloads could drive U.S. data center natural gas consumption so high that by 2035 it may exceed the combined consumption of Germany and Japan. The claim is presented as a projection and reflects concerns about energy demand from expanding AI infrastructure.
Dreambeans, an experiment from Google Labs that creates personalized daily collections of stories, was introduced in June and is now available to all Google accounts in the United States. The feature produces tailored story collections for users rather than being limited to the Labs experiment.
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