Ai Surveillance Software they claim is being used by the Israeli Government to target civilians in gaza. Google has refuted that allegation. Today, it unveiled its newest ai advancements. This search will be able to help plan everything from meals and trips to parties, daetz workout routines and more. That is just a hint of the new capabilities coming to the worlds most popular Search Engine. What else can we expect . Yeah. Abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes is live with a look at what might be ahead here. Zach yeah, so many big announcements came from the conference today. But the main headlines all go back to how ai is being used to give Google SearchSearch Engine its biggest overhaul yet. Artificial intelligence is developing and landing in consumers hands at an extreme rate. One of the latest announcements coming out of google i o the tech giants developers conference, is the reinvention of the Search Engine. Theyre really trying to change the search experience from a text one based to an image based one that is intelligent, that gives you much more intuitive answers. One way is the prototype called project astra, powered by technology called gemini. Google said its a universal ai agent that could be useful in everyday life. What is that part of the speaker called that is the tweeter. It produces High Frequency sounds. More than just looking for definitions. It could even be used to help you fix things around the house. Im going to take a video and ask google, why will this not stay in place . And then a near instant, google gives me an ai overview. Its not the only way the Search Engine is being reinvented. Also, on its way is ask photos. Ask photos can also help you search your memories in a deeper way. For example, you might be reminiscing about your daughter lucias early milestones. You can ask photos when did lucia learn to swim . You can even follow up with something more complex. Show me how lucias swimming has progressed here. Gemini goes beyond a simple search. Recognize different contexts from doing laps in the pool to snorkeling in the ocean, to the text and dates on her swimming certificates and photos packages it up all together in a summary, other image based technology making headlines at tuesdays conference includes image in three. Google says with a prompt, you can ask it to create a photo. Pictures like a man with a beard smiling at the camera, or a view from above with a look at a stunning river canyon. Still with the advanced technology does come some major concerns. We have to provide a level of confidence to google that theyre going to protect that information from a privacy standpoint, so that may be giving some pause to a few folks. But they certainly have gone all in on how to reinvent search. So some of the things announced today will take some time to roll out, but others will start to see very soon. For example, google said starting this week, well start to see conversational summaries generated by ai. So in other words, if you type a question into google at the top of the results page, youre going to see an answer that looks like it was typed out by a human, but instead that was actually ai giving you that answer. So be on the lookout for that right now. Live in the south bay. Zach fuentes, abc seven news. Yeah, you know, zach, it is just truly mind boggling how rapidly this technology is accelerating now. New developments every few weeks, it seems. Thanks very much, zach. Thats right. Happening now, the medical students at the new propalestinian encampment at ucsf parnassus campus are holding an emergency rally. Earlier today. They told our team they are staying put until the chancellor comes out to negotiate this camp formed just yesterday morning. Police quickly showed up to remove tents. One person was arrested, cited with a misdemeanor and released. It appears to be the first propalestinian encampment at a medical school. Student protesters at the university of San Francisco today were ordered to clear their encampment or face discipline. In an open letter, the usf president said those who voluntarily left by 3 p. M. Would not face school code of conduct violations while select students plan to vacate. Protesters told abc seven news they have no plans to give up. New developments with the propalestinian encampment at uc berkeley, it is being packed up this evening, the University Says negotiations with demonstrators have led to an agreement to expedite what it calls a new, socially responsible investment strategy. The chancellor says shes relieved to bring the campus protest to a peaceful end. Demonstrators say they are going to protest at the uc regents meeting at the uc at uc merced tomorrow, as other activists from across the state are also doing. And sky seven is live over the scene right there. You can still see a few people out there, but you still see a lot of sleeping bags and camps. But it does look like some people are packing up and perhaps getting ready to go. Uc regents have no plans to sell assets that propalestine protesters demand. The university divest the university of california Regents Investment Committee met today to discuss the University Systems financial performance, regents said. The University System has 32 billion invested in companies that make weapons or support israel. Thats about 18 of its portfolio. We need to be able to articulate to our students that are demanding divestment as to why its not so simple, because its very complicated, some of them are time commitments that weve made, and the students need to understand that. But we i think we need to do a better job at communicating that. At least one Investment Committee member said the board should consider protesters demands when looking at future investments. Right now, the Alameda County board of supervisors is holding a special meeting where it could set a date for the recall election of embattled District Attorney pamela price. Abc seven News Reporter anser hassan is following the story and is live from oakland. With the meeting that is happening as we speak. Dan thats right. This meeting is still underway. Theyre currently in public comment, which could take a while since theres a long list of speakers from both sides. Now, what the board can do tonight is vote to set a special election, which could happen as early as august 13th. The county registrar of voters says it would cost between 15 and 20 million of taxpayer money to hold a special election. The group safe or save Alameda County for everyone, is leading the recall effort. They spoke before the start of the board meeting. We see it as a win win situation, whether its in august, whether its in november , pamela price will be recalled. The safety of our citizens and our community are at stake. Today, were asking the board of supervisors to do their job and to set a date today, the county registrar of voters says its concerned about the time and resources it will take to ramp up for a special election. Its recommending the board to vote to consolidate the recall election with the general election in november. Many of da price supporters want to combine the elections as well. Its a really important step in the right direction to ensure equity and democracy, tsay uh recalls. And special elections have been shown to, not generate a lot of turnout from voters. It causes a lot of confusion from voters who are used to voting. In november. We did reach out to d. A. Price office. They did not return requests for comment. We will keep you posted as to when a decision is made. Reporting live anser hassan abc seven news. Okay, thanks very much, andrew. With the city of San Francisco facing more budget cuts and the mayor asking for 10 spending cuts from city departments, one leader is pushing back. Sheriff Paul Miyamoto went before the board of supervisors today and showed them why his Department Needs more help, not more cuts. Abc seven News Reporter suzanne fawn gives us a closer look, give you a flavor of what it is to be in our jail system. Sheriff Paul Miyamoto addresses the San Francisco board of supervisors about the recent violence at the jails and the growing inmate population over the course of a year, weve seen about a 36 increase in april, San Franciscos main jail and its facility in san bruno were put on lockdown while authorities investigated recent inmate attacks on deputies. The sheriff says deputies suffered broken bones, eye injuries and bite wounds. Mayor london breed is asking all city departments to consider a 10 spending cut for the next fiscal year, but sheriff miyamoto says his department is already critically short staffed with vacancies for 195 sworn deputies. Weve made continuous efforts to hire some deputies say they are mentally and physically exhausted and fights drug use and assaults on staff have increased. I think the sheriff needs to prioritize increasing staffing because thats what prevents the lockdowns. Thats what reduces and deters fights. Prisoner on prisoner fights. Thats what prevents our deputies from being attacked. I would agree with the Sheriffs Department that they dont necessarily need to provide the same level of reductions as the police department. Most certainly, the Police Departments budget is overloaded, and there are things that we need to do around Public Safety that dont just involve law enforcement. The mayor wasnt available for comment, but her office says that Public Safety remains a top priority for the mayor in this next budget cycle, and more details will be shared when the budget is ready at the end of the month in San Francisco, suzanne phan. Abc seven news. Coming up, speeding up since california voters approved prop one funding for Mental Health and Housing Projects that could have taken years will now take months. Plus the usda is still using a glorified hotel room k. Seven on your side explores the security problem thats letting thieves steal money not only from the people who need it for groceries, but from taxpayers. Im meteorologist sandyha patel bump up in temperatures for some parts of the bay area tomorrow. Ill let you know whats in store for but his vision dimmed with age. He had amd. I didnt know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. 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Jennifer eversoll is a mom of six kids, with her seventh on the way. My fiance works, but we do need a little assistance. Its the difference between being able to provide for my family and not being able to. Eversole says she receives cash and food benefits, but discovered someone else was draining the funds from her account every morning on the first. On the way to dropping my kids off at school, i grabbed the rent out of the atm, and 7eleven is just the most convenient one right there. There was a mom in front of me saying, dont use this atm. All of my benefits were stolen when eversole checked her account, she realized it had happened to her too. She immediately reported it and filled out the necessary paperwork to have her benefits replaced. They told me that this was happening to a lot of people. Theres a ton of people in there that had their benefits taken as well. But her resolution didnt last long. In the very next month, even though it was a new card and a new pin, my benefits were taken again, the department of social services tells abc seven news. This type of ebt theft emerged in late 2021, and that skimming involves stealing the information through a device implanted on a card terminal. It is insanity. The usda is still using a glorified hotel room case. Thats what haywood telco, ceo of lexisnexis risk Government Solutions group, compares the ebt card to from a security perspective, he says, the crooks are using skimming devices to duplicate cardholders information, and that a chip enabled card, much like a credit card, would be encrypted and safer until its fixed. These criminals, its a feeding frenzy, the National Grocers association tells abc seven news that california will likely be one of the first states to transition to chip cards. Writing in an emailed statement, quote, the usda and nca are actively participating in developing the standards to allow this transition as soon as possible, the California Department of social Services Says. Chip tap card implementation is expected this summer. Last year, california rolled out a mobile app called ebt edge to protect against benefit theft. It allows users to freeze their card when theyre not using it, change their pin lock online and out of state transactions, or request a replacement card. Eversole started using the app after she was the victim of ebt theft multiple times. Im hoping that this is going to prevent it. Telco says it doesnt go far enough. A lot of people dont know about that yet, and some of the food insecure guess what . They dont have smartphones that are capable of downloading the app. In the meantime, he says, there are three ways people can protect themselves from ebt theft. Go to Bigger Stores as opposed to smaller ones, though thats something the National Association of Convenience Stores disputes. Unfortunately, fraudsters try to take advantage of businesses of all sorts. We think giving that kind of advice would give consumers, in some ways, a false sense of security and it would be bad for small businesses. Telcos also suggest change your pin after each time you use your card and push down on the point of sale terminal to see if it feels like it has any give a sign it may have a skimmer device on it. If it does, dont put your card in. I feel like theyre not really doing enough, and i feel like its not just affecting us, its affecting taxpayers. Thankfully, we have a little bit to fall back on and family when that happens. But theres some people that have nothing. The California Department of social Services Says anyone who suspects theyre a victim of ebt theft should contact their local county office. Cardholders can also contact ebt to cancel their card and request a new one. There are systems in place to replenish these funds, but for calfresh benefits, there are limits to two instances in a year, each up to two months worth of benefits replacement and as you just heard, this is happening to people multiple times so that might not be enough of a replenishment, right . These scammers are just diabolical. They are relentless. Thank you very much melanie. Now to new developments in the rush to get highway one back open near big sur. The Governors Office says the road will finally reopen this week. A month and a half after storms eroded the southbound lane, part of the highway crumbled into the ocean back in march, cutting off the route between carmel and big sur. After weeks of work by caltrans, the Governors Office says the road will be open to the public starting 630 friday morning. That is a week ahead of schedule. Dont hear that often. No you dont. All right, lets turn to the weather forecast. Cooling off just a bit. Yeah. Meteorologist sandhya patel has the latest for us. Sandhya. Yeah. A beautiful day. Right now were talking about the winds first. Ama and dan, take a look. We have onshore winds gusting to 35 miles an hour. Sustained 20 at sfo. You got to look at the upside. This is usually a breezy time of year. But this is providing us with good air quality across the entire bay area right now. And over the next couple of days, expect good air quality for most areas. Coast and central bay will be in the moderate category, still safe enough to get out and enjoy the weather. Heres a look at your evening forecast. 7 00 tonight around the inland areas in the mid 70s, dropping off into the 60s around the bay. Were talking about a westerly breeze bringing that fog across the bay already 60 degrees at 7 p. M. Temperature down to the mid and low 50s later on tonight. And its already cool along the coast where the fog is sitting, temperatures down to the low 50s late tonight. Heres a look at whats happening with our atmosphere. High pressure is going to nudge in a little bit closer. And this low is going to push on out of here. But until then it has been providing some lift to some moisture. Moving into the sierra, which is why theyve been dealing with thunderstorms locally here we have our usual marine layer, a stable atmosphere, and that marine layer is on the move. Your temperatures anywhere from 56 in San Francisco<