Google's former VP of HR Laszlo Bock said $100 million pay packages made sense in tech companies' escalating, winner-takes-all war for AI talent.

That said, it can be confusing to know which Gemini features are free and which ones you have to pay for. Some features, like the groundbreaking Google Veo 3 AI video generator, currently aren’t available for free users. Between the web, the Gemini app, and Android OS 16, here are all the things you can do for free using Google Gemini.

Good morning, AI reporter Sharon Goldman in for Allie Garfinkle, who is taking a well-deserved vacation! One familiar name keeps popping up in my inbox lately—but not in the way you might expect.

The new business-calling feature uses AI to call local businesses on your behalf, for information about availability and pricing.

Wondering why your Google traffic is down? SEO isn't enough in 2025.. Here's how to boost your website traffic using AI, so you can appear in AI results.

Google will now let everyone in the US call local businesses using AI. The feature, which is now available in Search, allows you to use AI for pricing or availability information without having to talk on the phone.

Chain-of-thought monitorability could improve generative AI safety by assessing how models come to their conclusions and spotting the "intent to misbehave.”

As AI shapes the digital world, Google introduces new ways to explore and translate information through SGE. On the other side, Microsoft’s Karmel Allison outlines what the public needs to understand about AI's ethical growth and its very real benefits.