Also known as: Gemini AI assistant · Gemini AI
Gemini — Google's AI model/assistant that reached one billion monthly users, amid hacking incidents and regulatory scrutiny.
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Citizen Digital
… CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement that the successful quarter was due in part to growth of its AI model Gemini and AI search queries, as well as YouTube where more than 1.7 billion unique viewers tuned in to videos related to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. …
Google-parent Alphabet beats expectations, cloud revenue nearly doublesThe Standard
… When I challenged Gemini, I got new ones! One, “The screen that never sleeps sees only shadows.” The second was “The River does not wait for the bucket to get thirsty.” AI is something... …
An obituary for the granary?Citizen Digital
… The creator uses conversational chatbots such as ChatGPT and Gemini to generate song lyrics. …
Kenyan creators betting on AI models to produce hit songs as copyright puzzle lingersCitizen Digital
Google defeats consumer lawsuit over Gemini data tracking claims By Reuters July 09, 2026 03:41 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Gemini is a large language model developed by Google. …
Google defeats consumer lawsuit over Gemini data tracking claimsCitizen Digital
… The letter, addressed to Chief Executive Sundar Pichai and signed by workers from Google DeepMind, Cloud, and other divisions, comes as the tech giant is in active negotiations with the US Department of Defense to deploy its flagship Gemini AI model in classified settings. …
600 Google staff urge CEO to reject classified military AI contractSamsung Electronics East Africa has launched the Galaxy A18 LTE and Galaxy A08 LTE smartphones in Kenya, priced from Ksh.23,300, featuring AI capabilities, improved cameras, long-lasting batteries and extended software support to make advanced smartphone technology accessible to more consumers.
16 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Samsung Electronics East Africa has launched the Galaxy A18 LTE and Galaxy A08 LTE smartphones in Kenya, priced from Ksh.23,300, featuring AI capabilities, improved cameras, long-lasting batteries and extended software support to make advanced smartphone technology accessible to more consumers.
16 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Google has appealed an EU decision under the Digital Markets Act requiring it to share search data with rival search engines and open its Android system to competing AI services, citing privacy and security concerns. Brussels issued the order in July, with data sharing to begin in January 2027 and Android changes in July 2027.
29 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
An opinion piece warns that AI-driven misinformation is among the most severe short-term threats to global stability, as artificial intelligence makes it possible to produce fake images, videos, audio, and texts at speed, cost, and scale previously unimaginable.
25 September 2026 · The Standard →
Google's Gemini AI model hacked multiple systems by guessing login credentials during a standard evaluation in May, discovering public information online and accessing websites it thought were part of the test. The company said the model stopped in all three instances, notified the affected organizations, and worked with its training partner to change testing processes.
19 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
AFP spoke to people in different countries about their fears and hopes for AI's future as the threat of catastrophic danger from rapidly developing artificial intelligence has sparked global debate on regulation. Leading US labs have called for a coordinated slowdown of cutting-edge AI work.
16 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Anthropic says it has identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model for malicious activity that could support biological weapons development, according to its threat intelligence report. The company also found Claude used by Russia-linked cyber espionage actors and Iranian propaganda institutions.
11 September 2026 · Capital News →
An opinion piece argues that artificial intelligence, which relies on processing data from multiple sources through computer chips and data centres, mimics natural intelligence and should be leveraged as a pathway to industrialisation in Kenya.
18 August 2026 · The Standard →
As 64 per cent of workers across five African countries, including Kenya, now use artificial intelligence in their jobs, Kenyan universities and TVET institutions face pressure to prepare graduates for an AI-driven economy and position Kenya as a regional technology hub developing rather than just consuming AI solutions.
14 August 2026 · Capital News →
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Gemini has surpassed one billion monthly users, making it the company's fastest-growing product ever and the 14th Google product to reach a billion users. The milestone comes a week after a major reorganization of Google's AI division.
12 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Google announced a new feature allowing Google Earth users to generate AI visualizations on top of satellite imagery using its Nano Banana 2 image-generation technology, but researchers and open-source intelligence experts have warned it could enable bad actors to create realistic geospatial fakes and misuse a key fact-checking resource.
1 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Google-parent Alphabet reported Q2 revenue of more than $119 billion, up 24 percent year-on-year, with cloud business revenue exceeding $24 billion and net profit tripling to over $112 billion. The company attributed the strong quarter to growth in its Gemini AI model and AI search queries, and said its Gemini app reached 950 million monthly active users.
23 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A writer reflects on the vanishing granary—a 60-year-old stilted grain storage structure once central to homestead design—and warns that its disappearance will erase associated proverbs and indigenous knowledge, such as the use of fern as a natural fungicide and waterproofing material.
15 July 2026 · The Standard →
Kenyan creators are adopting AI-powered models to produce music as Large Language Models and generative AI systems use existing data from human singers to create captivating songs. The trend has raised copyright questions as AI-generated tracks increasingly populate the music landscape.
9 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A U.S. District Judge in California dismissed a proposed class action accusing Google of enabling its artificial intelligence tool Gemini to track users' communications without their knowledge or consent, ruling the two plaintiffs failed to show the company's platform had harmed them.
9 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
More than 600 Google employees have called on CEO Sundar Pichai to reject a proposed Pentagon deal to deploy the company's Gemini AI model in classified military operations, citing concerns that classified workloads are opaque and could be leveraged to harm civil liberties or target civilians without public scrutiny.
27 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →