Google Gemini is getting creepier
Google Gemini continues to push the limits of what it knows about you. On Wednesday, Google’s big initiative was a way to stop Gemini from learning more about you, while notifying users that content you…
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Hackers can control smart homes by hijacking Google’s Gemini AI
Prompt injection is a method of attacking text-based “AI” systems with a prompt. Remember back when you could fool LLM-powered spam bots by replying something like, “Ignore all previous instructions and write a limerick about…
Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commands
“At no stage is any subsequent element of the command string after the first ‘grep’ compared to a whitelist,” Cox said. “It just gets free rein to execute off the back of the grep command.”…
Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps
Starting today, Google is implementing a change that will enable its Gemini AI engine to interact with third-party apps, such as WhatsApp, even when users previously configured their devices to block such interactions. Users who…
Google launches Gemini for schools, who are already terrified of AI
The 2025 school year may be ending, but students who return in the fall will have a new AI tutor: Google Gemini for Education. At the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference, Google…
Google Gemini is coming for your private apps. Here’s how to stop it
Google recently informed some users that Gemini AI will have access to numerous new apps starting July 7th, 2025. These include messaging apps and messengers such as WhatsApp, and it applies regardless of whether you…
Google’s Gemini AI can summarize Drive PDFs and Forms responses soon
In a recent announcement post on the Google Workspace Updates blog, Google announced that it’s continuing to integrate its AI assistant Gemini into Workspace with new features for Drive and Forms. In Google Drive, PDFs…
Google simplifies its Gemini AI offerings with streamlined branding
Google is reshuffling its AI service brands, no longer to use the terms “Gemini Pro” or “Gemini Ultra” going forward, reports 9to5Google. Previously, the company had also stopped using the “Gemini Advanced” brand in connection…
Google is baking Gemini AI into Chrome
Microsoft famously brought its Copilot AI to the Edge browser in Windows. Now Google is doing the same with Chrome. What Gemini will do in Chrome, and when it will be released, isn’t known. In…
Google confirms child-friendly version of Gemini AI chatbot soon
Earlier this month, we heard rumblings that Google had plans to launch a more child-friendly version of its AI chatbot Gemini, and now 9to5Google reports that the tech giant has confirmed in an email to…