Google's Gemini Embedding 2 arrives with native multimodal support to cut costs and speed up your enterprise data stack

While previous embedding models were largely restricted to text, this new model natively integrates text, images, video, audio, and documents into a single numerical space — reducing latency by as muc ...

Google Maps gets its biggest navigation redesign in a decade, plus more AI

Google is also promising a “complete transformation” of the navigation experience in Maps, with the biggest update in more than a decade. It’s called Immersive Navigation, and it will begin its ...
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Evaluating AI Agents in Practice: Benchmarks, Frameworks, and Lessons Learned

This article introduces practical methods for evaluating AI agents operating in real-world environments. It explains how to ...
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Pokémon Go Players Helped Map the World—Now That Data Is Training Delivery Robots

Niantic’s spatial AI, built partly from optional scans submitted through its AR games, is now helping delivery robots ...