News & Reviews:   generative AI

Generative AI is utilised in various aspects today. We use these platforms to help summarise and discover solutions to our problems and perform other tasks. For instance, NotebookLM helps with research and studying. The latest update adds new features to help students study better.

The digital frustrations of a faulty search bar, the logistical headaches of maintaining consistent service across a vast hotel network, and the operational inefficiencies of traditional workflows are all too familiar. As customer expectations are on the rise in Malaysia, these issues can be a silent killer of sales and a major blow to brand reputation.

However, a glimpse into an AI-powered future is already underway just across the causeway. In Singapore, Gill Capital Group (powering brands like H&M in Indonesia and Thailand), Frasers Hospitality, and FairPrice Group are leveraging Google Cloud agentic solutions to tackle these very challenges head-on. These could provide a blueprint for how Malaysian counterparts in similar industries could also utilise such features.

The Malaysian company formerly known as MyEG, Zetrix AI Bhd recently introduced NurAI, which is a Shariah?compliant AI chatbot. Available for free for now (paid plans start from RM20 to RM200 per month and are coming soon), you can download it for both Android and iOS.

Tired of traditional storybooks for children? Most people won't ever think of this, but some may want to create their own stories. If that's you, this piece of news could be interesting for you. Yesterday, Google announced a new generative feature for Gemini AI.

Deepfake and artificial intelligence (AI) powered scams have caused financial losses nearing RM4.2 billion globally to date. In the first half of 2025 alone, losses from deepfake fraud reached RM1.92 billion.

With deepfake scam losses expected to only get worse, is it finally time to restrict access to subscription for Generative AI? How?

AI tools like ChatGPT are gaining popularity. They can write, answer questions, help with school work, or even create songs and pictures. Some people are excited, but others feel nervous. It's normal to wonder what's real and what's not.

The first time I tried Google Veo 3 and Flow to make a more than 8-seconds video, I came up against problems with consistency. This meant that throughout my videos, my character sometimes didn't have the same clothes, hairstyle or even voice.

For today's topic, we made this guide on How to get consistent characters in Google Veo 3 and Flow, so do read on.

Google Veo 3 and Flow are Google’s latest generative AI platforms that offer text-to-video prompting. While Veo 3 is the engine, Flow is the platform where the videos are generated and put together. Together they allow users to rapidly create various types of videos using just text prompts.

Recently, Google offered us a chance at trying out Google Veo 3 and Flow. Here are our first impressions of the platform along with our own rather basic attempts at text-to-video. If you’re interested in trying it out then do keep on reading.

Google Cloud recently launched Gemini CLI, a new open-source AI command-line interface tool aimed at developers who prefer working inside their terminal. Available now in preview, Gemini CLI is free to use with a personal Google account and offers access to Gemini 2.5 Pro with up to 1,000 model requests per day.

Is too much Gen AI making us both stupid? Read on to find out.