Gemini AI Is Coming to TVs, Cars, and Watches 🤯

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Google just announced it is extending its Gemini AI assistant to more devices, including smartwatches, cars, televisions, and XR headsets.

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• Google Expands Its AI to Cars, TVs, Headsets

• TikTok Adds New Tool to Animate Still Images with AI

• AI Tutorial: Create professional spreadsheets with Canva Sheets

• AI Tools to check out

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

• AI Findings/Resources

AI News

GOOGLE

Google Expands Its AI to Cars, TVs, Headsets

Google is preparing to integrate its Gemini AI assistant into a variety of devices beyond phones, including Google TV, Android Auto, Wear OS smartwatches, and even Samsung's upcoming Android XR headset.

Details:

• Google TV: Later this year, you’ll be able to ask Gemini for movie recommendations, kid-friendly educational content, or quick answers to questions like “Can you explain the solar system to my first grader?”

• Android Auto: In the coming months, Gemini will upgrade the current Google voice assistant by “understanding what you want while you’re driving, through natural conversations.” It will help drivers not only find the best route but also provide assistance along the way—like locating charging stations, summarizing messages, and more.

• Wear OS: Gemini will launch on Wear OS in the coming months, offering natural, conversational help on smartwatches, making it easier to ask questions without fumbling with tiny screens.

• Android XR: Samsung’s first Android XR headset will also feature Gemini, with availability expected later this year.

While timelines remain vague, the announcement hints at exciting ways Gemini aims to make everyday interactions smarter and more seamless. And this is just a warm-up—Google shared the news during The Android Show, a mini Android-focused event ahead of next week’s Google I/O, where we can expect even more Gemini AI announcements.

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BYTEDANCE

TikTok Adds New Tool to Animate Still Images with AI

TikTok has introduced a new feature called "AI Alive" that transforms photos into short videos with "movement, atmospheric, and creative effects."

Details:

• The tool is available in TikTok’s Story Camera, where users can upload a photo and specify how they want it animated.

• TikTok applies moderation technology to review photos, prompts, and generated videos before they are displayed or posted. Videos will also be labeled as AI-generated and include metadata to ensure transparency.

• This isn’t the first in-app AI tool from TikTok, as it introduced a text-to-image AI generator a few years ago.

While the results may not always align perfectly with complex prompts, and there are certainly better AI video generators out there, this new tool makes AI video creation more accessible by being integrated into the TikTok app, which boasts around two billion users worldwide.

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AI Tutorial

Create professional spreadsheets with Canva Sheets

1. Go to Canva and sign

2. Click “Create” and select “Sheets” from the dropdown menu.

3. Choose a template or start from scratch to build your spreadsheet.

4. To automatically complete data patterns, select cells with partial data, right-click, and choose “Magic Fill.”

5. Generate insights by selecting your data, clicking “Magic Insights,” and asking questions like “What's my total budget?” or “Show performance by platform.”

6. Once you're done, you can share or download it in your preferred format (CSV, XLSX, etc.).

AI Tools to check out

🔥 StudyPal: Turn any PDF, video, or topic into a Study Kit with smart summaries, mind maps, flashcards, quizzes and more.

🌐 CodeDesign: AI website builder.

👨‍💻 Mendel: Automate code reviews, optimize workflows, track team performance and enhance deployment efficiency with AI.

📽 Fliki: Turn idea into videos with AI voices.

⭐ DeckSpeed: AI presentation tool that creates professional, personalized slides based on your conversations, without templates.

AI Findings/Resources

👀 Gen AI makes people more productive—and less motivated

💼 How to become irreplaceable in today's AI-driven world

🧠 AI LLMs learn like us, but without abstract thought

✅ How to get AI generative fill for free with GIMP

The latest in AI and Tech

Trump administration reverses Biden's AI export controls

The Trump administration has rescinded the Biden-era "Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule," which was set to take effect on May 15, 2025.

This rule aimed to impose export restrictions on U.S.-made AI chips to over 100 countries, including China and Russia.

The Department of Commerce announced that it would not enforce the regulation and plans to introduce a replacement rule focusing on direct negotiations with countries rather than blanket restrictions

The first smartphone to get Google's AI video generator isn't a Pixel

Honor has introduced an AI-powered image-to-video feature, developed by Google, on its upcoming Honor 400 and 400 Pro smartphones, set to launch on May 22. This tool uses Google's Veo 2 model to transform static images into five-second videos, available in both portrait and landscape formats.

Notion introduces “AI for Work”

According to the company, “AI for Work” is a new all-in-one AI toolkit built directly into Notion’s workspace, offering AI Meeting Notes, Enterprise Search, Research Mode, access to top models, and more.

US tech giants ink Saudi AI deals

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced over $600 billion in investment commitments to U.S. companies.

Nvidia has agreed to supply hundreds of thousands of AI chips to Humain, a newly launched AI firm backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund. Additionally, chip designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has formed a $10 billion collaboration with Humain to develop 500 megawatts of AI computing infrastructure.

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