The deal between Google and Apple where Google delivers next-gen Apple Intelligence for the iPhone, for a new Siri, for instance, is only a stopgap, a new report has said.

Google executive Sameer Samat sees the past year as one of curiosity about AI. This year, he's focused on its utility.

OpenAI broke new ground when it enabled shopping within ChatGPT, but Walmart's head of AI said the retailer's new Google Gemini deal goes further.

Google’s Gemini and agentic AI are transforming retail, turning discovery, decision-making, and checkout into a seamless, personalized, and fully integrated experience.

Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google’s Gemini models and cloud technology. These models will help power future Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalized Siri coming this year.

Furthermore, Nano Banana Pro still edged out GLM-Image in terms of pure aesthetics — using the OneIG benchmark, Nano Banana 2.0 is at 0.578 vs. GLM-Image at 0.528 — and indeed, as the top header artwork of this article indicates, GLM-Image does not always render as crisp, finely detailed and pleasing an image as Google's generator.

The recurring problems with AI Overviews stem from a design flaw in how the system works. As we reported in May 2024, Google built AI Overviews to show information backed up by top web results from its page ranking system. The company designed the feature this way based on the assumption that highly ranked pages contain accurate information.

This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.