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Volkswagen partners with Google to create AI assistant

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Volkswagen and Google worked together to create a smartphone app with an AI assistant for VW drivers. Google and Volkswagen’s AI assistant utilized Alphabet’s Gemini large language models, which can understand and generate predictive responses to human language. Drivers will be able to ask the AI assistant simple questions.

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Google Is Now Watermarking Its AI-Generated Text

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New research from Google DeepMind, described today in the journal Nature , offers a way to do just that. The system, called SynthID-Text, doesn’t compromise “the quality, accuracy, creativity, or speed of the text generation,” says Pushmeet Kohli , vice president of research at Google DeepMind and a coauthor of the paper.

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Bird, Ford-owned Spin latest micromobility platforms to integrate with Google Maps

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Micromobility services Bird and Ford-owned Spin are the latest to integrate with Google Maps for Mobile (GMM). People using Google Maps for efficient and reliable journey planning are now able to discover Spin e-scooters and e-bikes and Bird scooters when given route options for their journeys.

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Toyota and Google Cloud partner to bring AI-powered speech services to Toyota and Lexus vehicles without the cloud

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Toyota and Google Cloud announced an expanded partnership that brings together Toyota and Lexus next-generation audio multimedia systems and Google Cloud’s AI-based speech services. Google’s Speech On-Device Technology. —Umesh Vemuri VP, Global Strategic Customers & Industries, Google Cloud.

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Google-backed Gravity claims fastest EV charging in America

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Gravity, a New York-based EV charging startup backed by Google Ventures, claims to be rolling out the fastest chargers in the U.S.

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Rivian introduces YouTube App and Google Cast video streaming to the R1 infotainment system

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Today, Rivian shared it is integrating YouTube into its infotainment system, available for streaming on your vehicle’s center display. Additionally, the automaker is adding Google Cast capabilities, giving drivers and passengers the ability to mirror their favorite content in the EV from a smartphone or tablet.

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Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E drivers just gained Google Maps EV routing

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Drivers can now see new routing info, including available Tesla Superchargers along their route for easy trip planning. Ford launches EV routing for Google Maps First announced at CES 2024, Ford is making it easier for EV drivers to find and charge up their vehicles. The new features are available through an over-the-air (OTA) update.

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