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AI tools like Grok and Google Lens have falsely identified AI-generated images and videos as real, related to the Huntingdon train attack, highlighting issues with misinformation and AI accuracy. Full Fact reports these tools often mislead users with false or unverified information about the incident, emphasizing the need for better verification and feedback mechanisms.
Windows 11's Snipping Tool now includes a Bing-powered Visual Search feature, offering a Google Lens-like experience for screen captures, but Google Lens on Windows still outperforms it in accuracy and convenience. The update enhances the tool's functionality with features like live annotation, color picking, and better sharing options, making it a powerful utility for users, despite some limitations compared to Google Lens.
Google Lens now supports Nano Banana, an image generation feature from the Gemini app, within Google Search, allowing users to create and transform images directly from their search interface, initially available in the US and India, with more regions coming soon.
Google is integrating Nano Banana's viral image editing and generation features into AI Mode and Google Lens, allowing users to create and edit images using prompts and selfies, with expanded language and regional support.
Google has launched an experimental search app for Windows that allows users to search their computer, Google Drive, apps, and the web from a single interface, with features like Google Lens and optional AI Mode, offering a faster and more integrated desktop search experience compared to Microsoft's built-in search.
Google is rolling out a beta feature that integrates Google Lens into YouTube Shorts, allowing users to interact with video content by searching for objects or translating captions directly within the app on Android and iOS, enhancing the viewing experience.
YouTube is integrating Google Lens into Shorts, allowing viewers to search and learn more about objects or locations seen in videos by pausing and selecting the Lens option, enhancing visual search capabilities and content discovery, with rollout starting this week.
Google is redesigning the UI for its Circle to Search feature, initially launched with the Galaxy S24 phones. A recent teardown of a Google app beta version reveals a new toolbox-like UI with a button that opens a pop-up menu for various functionalities, including "Translate" and "Identify a song." Interestingly, "Google Lens," previously removed, might return. The redesign also shows redundancy with the "Identify a song" option appearing in two places, suggesting the UI is still in development or may allow customization.
Google has updated Google Lens to enhance in-store shopping by providing product insights, price comparisons, and local inventory availability. This feature, powered by Google's Shopping Graph and Gemini models, allows users to take pictures of products to find reviews and check prices at different retailers. Initially available for beauty products, toys, and electronics at select stores, the feature is accessible via the Google and Chrome apps for U.S. users. Additionally, Google Maps will soon allow users to search for products in nearby stores, and Google Pay is expanding its buy now, pay later options.
Google has launched a new feature for Google Lens that helps users make informed purchasing decisions while shopping in physical stores. By taking a picture of an item, users can access detailed product information, customer reviews, and price comparisons. This feature, available for Android and iOS users in the US, leverages AI image recognition and requires location data to identify the store. Initially, it supports beauty products, toys, and electronics in stores like Macy's, Target, and Walmart. This tool aims to boost shopper confidence and reduce instances of leaving stores empty-handed.
Google's Chrome browser for iOS is receiving updates that include simultaneous Google Lens image and text search, allowing users to refine searches by combining pictures with text. The update also enables saving images and files directly to Google Photos and Drive, bypassing iPhone's limited storage. Additionally, new features like Shopping Insights and a mini-map viewer are introduced, enhancing the browsing experience by offering deal notifications and quick map previews.
At Google's Marketing Live event, a new AI-powered visual search feature was introduced, blending search results with advertisements in a way that makes it difficult to distinguish between the two. This new approach, demonstrated through Google Lens, aims to enhance user engagement by integrating shopping options directly into search experiences, effectively blurring the lines between AI-assisted searches and advertising.
Google Lens now allows users to save their Visual Search History, enabling them to revisit analyzed images in the future. This feature is accessible through the Google app and can be managed via myactivity.google.com. The new opt-in setting, "Include Visual Search History," is disabled by default and can be found in the Data & Privacy section of myaccount.google.com. The feature is rolling out gradually and will prompt users with a pop-up inside Google Lens.
Google has updated its Lens feature with new AI tools, allowing users to take a photo and ask questions about it, such as identifying a board game or a dish at a restaurant. The update enables users to ask specific questions about the photo without needing to describe its contents. The feature is available on the Google app for Android and iOS, and users can upload images from their phones to use the tool.
Google Maps has unveiled new AI-powered features, including Immersive View for routes that provides a 3D view of your journey and allows you to explore places before visiting, and Google Lens in Maps that uses AI and augmented reality to help you navigate and find nearby amenities. The update also includes more realistic navigation details, improved lane details, and information about HOV lanes and speed limits. For electric vehicle drivers, Google Maps now provides more information about charging stations, including compatibility and charging speed, and alerts users when a charger is out of service. Additionally, Google Maps offers a more visual and inspiring search experience with photo-based results and themed suggestions for activities and dining.