Google DeepMind announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) coding agent on Wednesday that can enhance the capabilities of AI models. Dubbed AlphaEvolve, it is designed to discover and optimise algorithms across complex computing and mathematical tasks. The powerful AI system is built on the Mountain View-based tech giant’s Gemini models, and it combines outputs generated

Bloomberg: Sources: President Trump’s Middle East AI deals open rifts with China hawks in his administration over concerns AI chips shipped to the Gulf end up in China  —  President Donald Trump’s flurry of artificial intelligence deals during his tour of the Middle East is opening a rift within … Source link

Google is adding a new feature to its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Gemini. Announced on Wednesday, Gemini can now connect to GitHub repositories and perform several coding tasks. These include generating and modifying functions, explaining code, answering queries about the codebase, debugging code, and more. Currently, the feature is only available to the paid subscribers

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: Sony’s Haven Studios head Jade Raymond leaves the company she founded in 2021; sources say some developers worried over its first game’s reception and progress  —  Her company, Haven Studios, is developing an online shooter title called Fairgames … PlayStation leadership didn’t give Haven staff … Source link

OpenAI announced the expansion of the recently released GPT-4.1 series of artificial intelligence (AI) models to ChatGPT. These models were so far exclusive to the company’s application programming interface (API), but on Thursday, the San Francisco-based AI firm said that they will also be available within the chatbot. In particular, the GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini

Newley Purnell / Bloomberg: Meta promotes Benjamin Joe, its longtime VP for Southeast Asia, to VP of Asia Pacific and expands India VP Sandhya Devanathan’s role to include Southeast Asia  —  Benjamin Joe has been appointed Meta’s new regional vice president for the region, a Meta spokesperson said Thursday. Source link

Google has silently updated its iconic ‘G’ logo with a new design, nearly 10 years after it was refreshed with the modern Product Sans typeface. The previously visible icon comprised sections featuring solid colours in line with the Mountain View-based tech giant’s colour scheme, with each block having a well-defined boundary. Following the update, the Google

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: ahead of I/O on May 20, Google is developing an AI “software development lifecycle agent” to help coders, and a Pinterest-like feature for consumers  —  After weeks of news about Google’s antitrust travails, the tech giant will try to reset the narrative next week … Source link

Amazon introduced a new warehouse-focused robot last week that can carefully manipulate a wide range of objects. Dubbed Vulcan, the new class of robots feature force feedback sensors that allow it to understand the amount of force it is applying while picking an object or pushing a cart. These robots will be used in the

Reuters: Chinese government data: Chinese shipments of foreign-branded cellphones, including iPhones, dropped by 49.6% YoY to 1.887M in March 2025  —  Chinese shipments of foreign-branded cellphones, including Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) iPhones, dropped by 49.6% year on year in March … Source link