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Google adds Expert Intelligence to Gemini Notebook, letting users import eligible titles they own in Google Play Books to ask questions, generate podcasts, more (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/985567/google-gemini-notebook-expert-sources-b…

Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
Google is bringing a new “Expert Intelligence” feature to its Gemini Notebook app that pulls information from the books you’ve purchased. 

Google adds Expert Intelligence to Gemini Notebook, letting users import eligible titles they own in Google Play Books to ask questions, generate podcasts, more (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/985567/google-gemini-notebook-expert-sources-b…

Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
Google is bringing a new “Expert Intelligence” feature to its Gemini Notebook app that pulls information from the books you’ve purchased. 

From @unfortunatalie.bsky.social#
“Colleague didn't join a call but I had Gemini Notes switched on and it the transcript caught me talking to the cat.”

Sources: Google AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both viewed internally as key contributors to Gemini, are planning to leave for Anthropic (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-24/g…

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Google adds a toggle in Gemini and Flow to remove visible watermarks from AI-generated images, videos, and music; SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata remain (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/980416/google-gemini-ai-watermarks-removal

You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermarks from images, videos, and music generated with Gemini and its other AI tools. 

Google adds a toggle in Gemini and Flow to remove visible watermarks from AI generated images, videos, and music; SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata remain (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/980416/google-gemini-ai-watermarks-removal

You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermarks from images, videos, and music generated with Gemini and its other AI tools. 

Google starts rolling out access to Gemini Spark for Google AI Pro subscribers to over 160 countries and adds a Chrome auto browse integration on desktop (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/07/30/gemini-spark-chrome-auto-browse/

Gemini Spark can now use Chrome to auto browse, AI Pro access goes international
Gemini Spark is getting two big updates today, starting with Chrome auto browse integration on desktop. Additionally...

Google updates its AI video editor Vids with Gemini Omni and a feature that lets users create custom digital avatars using a selfie and voice recording (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/google-vids-now-lets-you-star-in-your-own-…

Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos | TechCrunch
Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images.

Epic says Unreal Engine 6, planned for early access in late 2027, will unify UE5 and Unreal Editor for Fortnite, add integrations with Claude and Gemini, more (Andy Robinson/Video Games Chronicle)
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news…

Epic reveals Unreal Engine 6 is integrating AI models so developers can ‘reduce tedious work’
Epic claims UE6 is "going to change a lot about how games are made"