Google is bowing the ability to generate images of people in the next few days for users of Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise. At first, the feature will only be in English. 9to5google.com reports that free users will also get this feature, but not until the paid folks all get their hands on it first. Google notes that while they have made significant progress in better images of people, they will not support the generation of photorealistic, identifiable individuals, depictions of minors, or excessively gory, violent, or sexual scenes. The rollout will allow photorealistic landscapes, though…and example: a breathtaking mountain vista with jagged peaks and snow-capped summits, bathed in the warm glow of a setting sun. Dramatic clouds, painted in vibrant hues of orange, pink, and purple, streak across the sky. Now, you can put in a proper text prompt, and be a photorealistic Bob Ross…because we all need more happy little trees!

Meta is partnering with Spotify to explore deeper music integration into Instagram. According to TechCrunch.com, they are testing a feature that allows users to continuously share the music they are listening to via Instagram’s Notes. Pardon me, but doesn’t this sound just like an expansion of an old MySpace feature? Back to the Future! As will all these sorts of things, it is a test, so may not end up being rolled out to everyone. A message in the app says ‘you can stop sharing at any time.’ If you are excited for this, great. After decades of programming music on radio, I will stick to my own playlist creation, thank you very much. 

A few years ago, California doled out money to cover parking spaces at colleges and community colleges…for faculty and staff, anyway. The reasoning was to use the roof space for solar panels. A community college near me powers their science building from the panels and some on that building. Now, in a rather huge expansion of that concept, electrek.co says a solar energy company is renting 8.5 million square feet of roof space from the National Storage Affiliates Trust for a new solar panel project. Solar Landscape says the solar grid on the roofs of over 1000 facilities in 42 states and Puerto Rico should produce over 100 megawatts of solar capacity. The power won’t just run the storage facilities..they will provide clean power to nearby business and homes at a discounted price. 

Wyze Labs is introducing a new feature that uses AI to let users search using text prompts for specific moments in their security cam videos. Geekwire.com reports that the feature will be available to Wyze’s $9.99 a month Cam Unlimited plan. The searches can be as specific as “show me my cat in the backyard.” Apparently, Amazon has been working on such a feature for its Ring cams, but Wyze has beat them for now. Amazon may be ready to roll out such a feature at their product unveiling. Wyze was started back in 2017 by some former Amazon folks.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.