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Nearly a thousand Google workers sign letter urging company to divest from ICE, CBP Google

Nearly a thousand Google workers sign letter urging company to divest from ICE, CBP

The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York, Nov. 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters More than 900 Google workers have signed an open letter condemning recent actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), urging…
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February 7, 2026
Apple will reportedly allow third-party AI assistants in CarPlay Google

Apple will reportedly allow third-party AI assistants in CarPlay

Apple plans to allow third-party voice-controlled AI apps in CarPlay, Bloomberg reports. Siri is the default voice assistant for things like controlling music and looking up directions, but future AI apps in CarPlay could handle the complicated, open-ended requests Siri can't answer. The expanded support would let developers like OpenAI…
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February 6, 2026
‘Genie is not a game engine:’ Take-Two president says Google’s world model cannot replace creative process Google

‘Genie is not a game engine:’ Take-Two president says Google’s world model cannot replace creative process

Chris Kerr, Senior Editor, News, GameDeveloper.com February 4, 2026 3 Min Read Last week, Google unleashed Project Genie upon the world . The generative AI tool is described a "general-purpose world model" capable otherwise of creating interactive environments.  The prototype web application is powered by Genie 3, Nano Banana Pro…
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February 4, 2026
Google Research Africa unveils WAXAL: A 21-Language Breakthrough for African Voice Technology with Kikuyu, Luo and Swahili Taking Lead Google

Google Research Africa unveils WAXAL: A 21-Language Breakthrough for African Voice Technology with Kikuyu, Luo and Swahili Taking Lead

In a major step toward digital inclusivity, Google has unveiled a massive new speech dataset named WAXAL, designed to ensure that technology can finally understand millions of speakers of African languages. In Kenya, Dholuo, Kikuyu and Swahili are among the first indigenous languages to have a voice in Artificial Intelligence…
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February 4, 2026
Google joins push to localise AI for African languages with speech database Google

Google joins push to localise AI for African languages with speech database

Google has collaborated with African universities and research institutions to launch WAXAL, an open-source speech database designed to support the development of voice-based artificial intelligence for African languages.  African institutions, including Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Ghana, Digital Umuganda in Rwanda, and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences…
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February 2, 2026
‘Google model translated Bengali without being trained for it’: Sundar Pichai’s old clip on AI behaviour goes viral Google

‘Google model translated Bengali without being trained for it’: Sundar Pichai’s old clip on AI behaviour goes viral

A short clip from a 2023 interview featuring Sundar Pichai has resurfaced online, reigniting debate about how modern artificial intelligence systems develop unexpected capabilities. In the clip, the Google chief executive describes a language model that was able to translate Bengali accurately after minimal prompting, despite not being explicitly trained…
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February 1, 2026