Beyond “basic” photo editing, Google’s AI photo editing can remove unwanted objects and people, sharpen blurry photos, add smiles to grumpy people in group photos, and even add the photographer into group shots. This is a level of photo processing that was only accessible to Photoshop masters even a few years go.

Google has struck a six-year cloud computing deal with Meta Platforms worth more than $10 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, the search giant's second big agreement recently after one with OpenAI.

Apple Inc. is in early discussions about using Google Gemini to power a revamped version of the Siri voice assistant, marking a key potential step toward outsourcing more of its artificial intelligence technology.