Meta has poached a key Google DeepMind researcher, in a sign that competition for talent in an emerging area of AI development is heating up.

Google Fi is introducing AI-enhanced audio, which should improve sound quality. The feature launches in November.

On top of the basic Veo 3.1 model, there's also a new Veo 3.1 Fast model, which is basically a lighter weight version of Veo 3.1. They're both now available in Gemini, the Vertex AI platform, and Google Flow, the AI video editing tool that's designed around AI-generated videos and editing them together.

Come December, Google says Fi will have full RCS support online. That means subscribers will be able to access calls, messaging, and voicemail via Fi on the web without turning off advanced messaging features. Google says the feature has also been cleaned up for a better experience and made more accessible from the Fi account page.

Google has warned Gmail users to secure their accounts, adding passkeys and changing weak passwords. It has also warned that hackers are gaining access to those accounts using stolen credentials. The alarming increase in two-factor authentication bypasses makes this worse. No users should still rely on SMS for security.

NotebookLM is a Google AI-powered research and writing tool that functions as a virtual research assistant. It allows users to help users summarize, extra and understand complex information from their own uploaded documents or from the internet or other sources.

Samsung Electronics released its Galaxy XR extended reality headset on Tuesday, counting on AI features from Google to propel it into the nascent and uncertain market of computing-on-your-face that is dominated by Meta and Apple.

Google has been selling its Pixel phones for a while, but increasingly, I've become concerned about how this affects Android.