Google announced its intention to unify its generative AI efforts under the Gemini brand at the tail end of 2023, and it has been full steam ahead ever since. In 2025, Google Assistant is being phased out and replaced with Gemini. As Google, Amazon, and others move toward a world in which all virtual assistants are based on generative AI, it's reasonable to consider if this is actually a good...

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The release of Gemini 2.5 Pro on Tuesday didn’t exactly dominate the news cycle. It landed the same week OpenAI’s image-generation update lit up social media with Studio Ghibli-inspired avatars and jaw-dropping instant renders. However, while the buzz went to OpenAI,...

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Unfortunately for Google, the release of its latest flagship language model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, got buried under the Studio Ghibli AI image storm that sucked the air out of the AI space. And perhaps fearful of its previous failed launches, Google cautiously presented it...

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