Google Photos’ new trick turns snaps into film frames
Google Photos wants your camera roll to look like it came off a roll of actual film. Source: The News
Inside Google’s Efforts to Get Creatives Hooked on AI
The tech giant showcased 11 AI-generated short films at Manhattan’s arthouse Metrograph theater. Source: Variety
‘Shame on you, Google’: the 25 LED billboard truck protest
A factory-direct glasses retailer used the guerilla marketing campaign to highlight a $77,000 Google Ads bill it ran up in 30 hours due to ‘an organic search glitch’. Source: https://www.avinteractive.com/news/digital-signage-and-dooh/shame-on-you-google-the-25-led-billboard-truck-protest-30-07-2026/
Google Investing in ‘Backrooms’ Studio A24
The studio renowned for its original storytelling enters into a partnership with Google to develop AI filmmaking tools. Source: https://lamag.com/media/google-strikes-75-million-deal-with-a24-for-ai-tools/?__cf_chl_f_tk=hbCNi.B08rMfejkvRub6ArHFTqUxyfvRSgqgIvks6dg-1782756345-1.0.1.1-fsGnLzcGdqAqzkL_H9iTHfWQ.rRSGumPCXbZCS8UpY8
Tech ‘A signal of where power sits’: Trump and world leaders joined by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google at G7
Chiefs of the world’s leading AI companies are descending on the G7 conference in France Wednesday, in a sign of their growing geopolitical influence as artificial intelligence rises to the top of the global agenda. Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/g7-trump-ai-tech-leaders-openai-anthropic-google.html
Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates
The team discusses Meta’s recent layoffs and what they’ve been hearing from employees about the increasingly grim vibes at the company. They also talk about Elon Musk losing his lawsuit against OpenAI and share highlights from Google’s annual conference—including an … Continued