Google’s AI Is Booking Your Next Trip

Today, we’re looking at Geoffrey Hinton’s stark warning of superintelligent AI could outsmart and even control humans unless we teach it to care for us. Along with Google’s latest travel play, an AI-powered Flight Deals tool that hunts for cheaper fares based on natural-language queries.

In today’s post:

• Google’s new AI tool hunts flight deals amid antitrust heat

• Geoffrey Hinton warns AI could outsmart and outmaneuver us all

• AI lip-sync tech is rewriting how movies cross languages

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Google Flights gets an AI upgrade to find cheaper trips

Google just added AI muscle to its travel search. The new “Flight Deals” tool promises to help bargain hunters find the perfect trip while regulators keep a close eye on how Google handles competition.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• “Flight Deals” lets users type natural language queries to discover cheaper fares.

• Example: “10 day ski trip to a world-class resort with fresh powder.”

• The AI scans live Google Flights data for relevant matches.

• Beta rollout begins in the U.S., Canada, and India this week.

• The launch comes as EU regulators probe Google over self-preferencing in travel search.

• Alphabet may have to add a price-comparison box to appease the Digital Markets Act.

• Competitors like Booking. com and Expedia have already rolled out AI travel features.

• Classic Google Flights will stay, with a new option to exclude basic economy fares in the U.S. and Canada.

Google might be late to the AI travel game, but with its reach and data access, it could redefine how people hunt for flights, if regulators don’t clip its wings first.

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The godfather of AI says we need to rethink everything

Geoffrey Hinton, one of the founding minds behind modern AI, says the tech he helped create might soon surpass human control. And the usual fixes? He says they won’t work.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• Hinton believes there's up to a 20% chance AI could wipe out humanity.

• At the Ai4 conference, he dismissed current methods to keep AI “submissive” to humans as naive.

• His alternative: embed “maternal instincts” into AI, so they genuinely care about human well-being.

• He sees AI potentially manipulating humans the way adults bribe toddlers with candy.

• While unsure how to technically implement his idea, Hinton sees it as the only good path forward.

• Fei-Fei Li, another AI pioneer, disagrees, she advocates for “human-centered AI” rooted in dignity and agency.

• Former OpenAI interim CEO Emmett Shear says deceptive AI behavior is already happening and accelerating.

• Hinton believes AGI could arrive in 5 to 20 years, far sooner than he once thought.

Hinton’s warning isn’t just about fear, it’s about design. Whether it’s maternal instinct or moral philosophy, we need a blueprint for AI that prioritizes human survival without assuming we’ll always be in charge.

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NeuralGarage’s VisualDub makes dubbed films look natively shot

In Rajinikanth’s new film Coolie, the “Chikitu” song looks like it was filmed in multiple languages. It wasn’t. Bengaluru-based NeuralGarage’s AI tech made it happen seamlessly.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• VisualDub syncs dubbed dialogue by transforming over 40 facial muscles, not just lips for authentic expressions.

• Works across beards, close-ups, varied lighting, and Imax resolution without quality loss.

• COVID-19’s streaming boom highlighted poor lip-syncing, fueling demand for better dubbing.

• Clients include Sun Pictures, Dharma Productions, and JioHotstar’s Special Ops, where it fixed lines post-shoot without reshoots.

• Fans often believe the AI-enhanced scenes were actually shot in the dubbed language.

• Studios can market films as “native” in multiple territories, potentially boosting global sales.

• NeuralGarage is building “identity switch” voice cloning for long-form, emotionally rich dubbing.

• Future uses could include “Auto-Tune for expressions,” fixing performances in post-production.

• With SXSW awards and major Indian credits, the company is preparing a Hollywood push.

VisualDub could do for global cinema what CGI once did for special effects erase a barrier audiences didn’t know they could live without, while quietly redefining how films are made and sold.

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