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Alphabet (GOOGL 0.33%) (GOOG 0.72%) was one of the best-performing big tech stocks of this earnings season.

Google introduces a new feature as part of their Gemini Intelligence called Rambler that will remove filler "ums" and "ahs" to create a more polished text message. It also works with multiple languages within a single text.

Affirm's pay-over-time options will be integrated into the Gemini app and Google Search, including AI Mode, through Google Pay in the coming weeks. The companies are working together on the integration and will make the payment options available to people and artificial intelligence agents, according to a Tuesday (May 12) press release.

Google is rolling out new Gemini-powered Android features, ahead of its developer conference next week. The AI can understand screen context and complete multi-step tasks like building shopping carts or booking reservations, the company said.

Commentary: Between Android 17 and the new Googlebooks, Gemini is the new Google.

AI that can see and understand what's happening in a video — especially a live feed — is understandably an attractive product to lots of enterprises and organizations. Beyond acting as a security "watchdog" over sites and facilities, such an AI model could also be used to clip out the most exciting parts of marketing videos and repurpose them for social, identify inconsistencies and gaffs in videos and flag them for removal, and identify body language and actions of participants in controlled studies or candidates applying for new roles.

Waymo issued a voluntary recall of about 3,800 of its robotaxis to fix software issues that could allow them to drive into flooded roadways. Incidents were captured on camera in Austin, Texas, showing Waymo vehicles driving onto a flooded road, or stalling in traffic during heavy rain.