Google has hired the CEO and top top behind voice AI startup Hume AI, signaling that voice is increasingly becoming the preferred interface over screens.

A Google study finds advanced AI models mimic collective human intelligence by using internal debates and diverse reasoning paths, reshaping how future AI systems may be designed.

Hume AI’s CEO, Alan Cowen, will join Google DeepMind along with several top engineers as part of a major licensing deal.

Google’s AI ecosystem includes over 30 tools categorized into seven groups, addressing needs like deep learning, content creation, and workflow automation. Gemini, Google’s core AI tool, features a 1-million-token context window for advanced tasks like research, planning, and content generation, integrated into Google Search and mobile platforms.

Google's Discover feed is populating with 'trending topic' stories that present human-created content paired with AI-generated titles.

Sakana AI says the partnership is designed to blend Google’s infrastructure strength with its own research agility and local-market understanding.

Google says it intends to continue replacing articles headlines with AI alternatives in Google Discover, after testing the feature in early December.

The DeepMind founder says the natural shortcomings slowing down the development of AI are actually a good thing.