Apple explores partnership with Google for Gemini-powered feature on iPhones, LinkedIn to add gaming to its platform

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Apple is reportedly exploring a partnership with Google for a Gemini-powered feature on iPhones. - Link

LinkedIn plans to add gaming to its platform. - Link

YouTube now requires creators to label when using AI to create realistic-looking videos via an upload checklist; clearly unrealistic videos do not need a label. - Link

Behind the rise of AI ambient clinical documentation tools, which let doctors record and automatically turn conversations with patients into clinical notes. - Link

Google quietly refreshes its Fitbit branding, changing from “Fitbit by Google” to “Google Fitbit,” similar to Google Pixel and Google Nest. - Link

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