David Black

Helping startups build what’s next with the AI Futures Fund The AI Futures Fund is a new initiative from Google that invests in and works with startups.

Blog post: Helping startups build what’s next with the AI Futures Fund
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LABS.GOOGLE Labs.Google is Google’s home for the latest AI tools, technology and discourse.

Google Labs AI Futures Fund - working with startups to build what's next in AI. Find out more and apply:
labs.google/aifuturesfund

🚀 Announcing the Google AI Futures Fund! 🚀

We're investing in and collaborating with startups building the future of AI. Get early access to GoogleDeepMind's latest models like Gemini, Veo & Imagen, expert collaboration, Google Cloud credits & potential equity.

Sign up for Google Marketing Live #GML2025, streaming live from Dublin on May 22! Join us virtually to explore how Google AI & the latest ads innovations for Google & YouTube can help businesses to grow faster. Expect insights, demos, & live Q&A with our experts. Register: goo.gle/GML-EMEA-register

Image of a young person sat, looking at their laptop Logos for Centre for Public Impact, Google AI Opportunity Fund: Europe, Media Trust and AI Essentials Bootcamp for Talent Ready to learn AI? Apply now Join our free AI Essentials Bootcamp For Talent to gain practical skills and boost your career!

Our #AIEssentialsBootcamp is designed to help you understand, explore and integrate AI into your work, exploring topics such as:

💻 Maximising productivity with AI tools
⚙️ Discovering the art of prompt engineering
👥 Using AI responsibly

Apply now:
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Brilliant programme with @mediatrust.bsky.social supported by Google.org to support AI skills - apply here:

🚀 AI upskilling can save each of us 122 hours a year at work on average.

Find out more: AI’s potential to tackle the UK’s productivity puzzle #AIWorks
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✨ AI could boost the UK economy by a massive £400Bn by 2030 - but half of that growth depends on helping UK workers to make good use of AI, according to Google UK's AI Works research.

AI Mode in Google Search uses a custom version of Gemini to issue related searches. This "query fan-out" technique finds real-time info from the web, our Knowledge Graph & more. This provides a greater breadth & depth of info than a traditional Google search. Learn more: blog.google/products/sea...

The Sidemen: Lessons in Digital Marketing from YouTube Learn how the Sidemen created engaging content, built a loyal fanbase, and sold out the Sidemen charity match, all with YouTube at the core.

Deeper than social: Marketing lessons on YouTube from the Sidemen:
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In March the Sidemen sold out @wembleystadium.bsky.social to 90,000 people with their amazing charity football match 👏 Find out what they've learnt about marketing in the digital age. 👇

Google senior director David Black on stage in front of a YouTube logo.

Happy 20th birthday today to YouTube!

📈 46 million UK adults now watch YouTube every month.

1️⃣ If UK viewers could only watch one service for an entire year, the number one platform they chose was YouTube.

🇬🇧 YouTube's creator ecosystem contributes £2bn to UK GDP.

What are you watching on YouTube?

Gemini Live with Screen Sharing & Camera Capabilities on Pixel With Gemini Live, you can point your camera at something and get instant help understanding it. Show Gemini a landmark, storefront, or even a dish on your plate, and it will function as an AI assistan...

✨ This is cool. Gemini Live with camera and screensharing is now live.

Find out more: blog.google/products/gem...

The beautiful cover of my new novel THE ART OF A LIE 💚🍍🍦
Abir Mukherjee
@radiomukhers.bsky.social: 'A breathtaking, tension-filled, kaleidoscopic whirl . . . This book has it all. Masterful'
PREORDER here: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/laur...
More info below & more exciting news to follow soon...

My brilliant bridge partner has written another superb book - find out more:

Amazing! Very exciting

Beautiful cover and a brilliant book - ordered!

Google Santa Tracker Explore, play and learn with Santa's elves all December long

Google Santa Tracker 2024 is live! 🎄🎅🛷

Check out Santa’s magical progress around the world as he brings gifts and spreads joy.

santatracker.google.com

Make a classic chess set inspired by the most cat-like thing ever using Google’s GenChess

Sunday fun - design a chess piece using GenAI. ♟️

Just say what you’d like in your design and Google’s most advanced GenAI image generation model, Imagen 3, will create it. ✨

Check out GenChess: labs.google/genchess

Find the most popular links being shared by the accounts you follow on Bluesky:

Great app - thanks for sharing

this new site is flippin awesome, sort of a spiritual successor to Nuzzle

you can connect your Bluesky and Mastodon accounts and then it compiles popular links and shows you who is sharing them

https://sill.social

Really helpful - thanks! Is there an overall Sifted account too?

A great starter pack - thanks Alex

A great starter pack of marketing, commerce and measurement accounts:

An old countryside pub covered in snow, at dusk with lights on inside. It looks cosy.

If social media platforms were British pubs, a thread.

1/ Bluesky

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

Bluesky searches still growing fast, Google Trends data shows:
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A medieval manuscript illustration from the British Library royal ms 20 a ii f3r. Image shows a medieval king in a green gown and wearing a crown. He is stood within a burning castle with arms in the air and a look of 'oh dear' on his face

"this is fine"

British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

They should have called this site AFC Twitter