by Jonathan | Apr 1, 2025 | AI
First, some notes on Gemini as I posted them to my Slack group: Last week Google released Gemini 2.5. Free on their AI studio website if you don’t mind them training on your chats. In the API, Gemini has a context window of 2,000,000 tokens, about 1,500,000 words....
by Jonathan | Apr 1, 2025 | Big Tech
The Information reports that Google is removing language from studies, even old ones, or telling researchers to restrict access to such documents. This is a clear example of government pressure leading to self-censorship like we are used to seeing China. Two imporant...
by Jonathan | Feb 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Google Trends shows the interest in specific search terms over time. Here are some of the top search questions during the 2024 Super Bowl.
by Jonathan | Dec 17, 2023 | Short Takes
WSJ shows how Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon and Tesla jumped 23% in 2023, twice the index’s rally as a whole. The Magnificent Seven stocks have swelled to represent about 30% of the S&P 500’s market value, according to Goldman Sachs Global...
by Jonathan | Oct 2, 2023 | Short Takes
This was news to me: a bug in some Google Pixels means that some users are unable to dial 911. Even if you run a test and it works today there is no guarantee it will work tomorrow.