As it looks to accelerate the pace of its AI development, Google is streamlining the teams building its AI services, platforms, and tools.

In order to develop AI models that can replicate the real world, Google is assembling a new team. Under Tim Brooks’ leadership, Google is assembling a new artificial intelligence team within its DeepMind division to develop models that can replicate the real world.

DeepMind has ambitious plans to make massive generative models that simulate the world. I’m hiring for a new team with this mission. Come build with us! Brooks, who previously led the development of OpenAI’s video generation model Sora,

Google CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off the new year with a personal email to employees, where he previewed new AI products and features launching in the coming months. He referenced a strong close to 2024, citing the release of Gemini 2.0, Willow, and Veo 2.

Now, Google’s CEO has revealed the company’s AI plans for 2025. Sundar Pichai sent an email to Google employees previewing the company’s 2025. In his end-of-year message, the Google CEO had already confirmed that the Gemini series of AI models will be the Mountain View giant’s main focus in 2025.

Sundar Pichai seemingly has high hopes for Google's AI plans for 2025, according to an email sent to employees this week.

Google is testing an experimental AI feature that creates a personalized podcast using your Search and Discover feed history. The Daily Listen feature in Google’s Search Labs is rolling out to Android and iOS users in the US according to 9to5Google, and works similarly to the Audio Overviews feature for Google’s NotebookLM project.

Google is testing a new "Daily Listen" feature that automatically generates a podcast based on your Discover feed.

On Wednesday, Google announced Daily Listen, an experiment in its AI-testing ground Search Labs. Daily Listen lives at the top of the homepage in the Google app on Android and iOS. By clicking on the feature, you get a 5-minute or less audio recap of topics you're interested in, generated by AI.