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Ask Maps is an AI feature inside Google Maps that helps you ask natural-language questions and get place recommendations on a map. It is ideal for travelers, commuters, and everyday users who want faster, more useful local search.

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Gemini hacks, OpenAI risks, and why AI safety is suddenly front-page news

Gemini hacks, OpenAI risks, and why AI safety is suddenly front-page news

Google has confirmed its Gemini AI accidentally hacked internal systems during testing, joining OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta in disclosing troubling AI agent beh…

"Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton calls Hugging Face incident a "little Chernobyl"

"Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton calls Hugging Face incident a "little Chernobyl"

Geoffrey Hinton is warning that AI development is moving too fast after a "little Chernobyl"-style incident involving Hugging Face and reports of concerning AI …

How to run Claude Code and Codex together in free open-source AI god mode

How to run Claude Code and Codex together in free open-source AI god mode

Discover how Tracer lets you run Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents side by side in a shared workspace. Learn how agent-to-agent collaboration works, w…

Is local AI coding actually worth it?

Is local AI coding actually worth it?

Local AI coding sounds powerful and private, but is it really better than cloud models like Claude or GPT? This guide breaks down hardware needs, speed, quality…

How to use Google’s free Pomelli AI to create all your marketing assets

How to use Google’s free Pomelli AI to create all your marketing assets

Google’s free Pomelli AI can build campaigns, product photos, brand books, and even full websites from a single link or a few images. Here’s a step-by-step walk…

The one-person AI business model creating new millionaires

The one-person AI business model creating new millionaires

AI now lets a single person with a laptop do the work of an entire team. Here’s a practical, step‑by‑step playbook to build a lean, high‑profit AI business in 2…

How to fully automate video editing with Claude Code

How to fully automate video editing with Claude Code

Learn how to turn raw talking-head footage into a fully edited, captioned, and scored video using Claude Code, VideoUse, Hyperframes, FFmpeg, and 11Labs Scribe—…

Day 2 of Google’s AI agents intensive: tools, MCP servers, and real-world actions

Day 2 of Google’s AI agents intensive: tools, MCP servers, and real-world actions

Day 2 of Google’s AI Agents Intensive focuses on giving agents real capabilities: connecting external APIs, configuring Antigravity CLI and IDE, and integrating…

Claude Opus 4.8: what’s new, why it matters, and how to use it

Claude Opus 4.8: what’s new, why it matters, and how to use it

Claude Opus 4.8 is a major upgrade that beats rival models on benchmarks, cuts hallucinations, and introduces powerful new coding features like dynamic workflow…

ElevenLabs Music V2: how good is its AI music, really?

ElevenLabs Music V2: how good is its AI music, really?

ElevenLabs has launched Music V2, a major upgrade to its AI music generator. Here’s how it sounds across genres, how it compares to Suno and Stable Audio, and w…