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Artist Leonardo da Vinci produced two of the most famous paintings in history, "The Last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa." But he was also passionate about medical discoveries and military inventions, some of which were centuries ahead of their time. Walter Isaacson, author of bestselling biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, has written a new book about da Vinci, and he talks with Dr. Jon LaPook about why this Renaissance Man's mind and curiosity were so extraordinary.

Those who have survived a horrific mass shooting know that life does go on - often with a renewed sense of purpose. Kristina Anderson was 19 years old when she was carried out of her French class at Virginia Tech in April 2007, after having been shot three times by a troubled student who killed 32 and wounded 16 others. She used money tucked inside get well cards to start a foundation, and now criss-crosses the country speaking about school and workplace safety. Anderson talks with Lee Cowan about the physical and mental healing required after a mass shooting, and what victims of last weekend's deadly attack in Las Vegas might anticipate during a long and difficult recovery.

Google Gemini’s app has a new Scheduled Actions feature to assign recurring tasks.Gemini will complete the tasks automatically at the chosen times, similar to ChatGPT's Tasks feature.The upgrade is only available to paying Gemini Pro, Ultra, and eligible Workspace users.Google Gemini is getting a little more organized with a new feature for its mobile app called Scheduled Actions. As the name suggests, Scheduled Actions lets users assign recurring tasks to the chatbot that it will complete automatically without real-time supervision.Google first showcased the feature at this year’s I/O, pitched as a way to give Gemini some initiative. The idea is for Gemini to become more proactive in helping users rather than needing people to ask questions or make requests first. Depending on the request, Gemini can regularly let you know about news updates, summaries of your latest emails, or just remind you to walk around a little bit at whatever times you choose. As long as you’re specific about the timing, Gemini will oblige and follow through with your requests.You can just ask Gemini to perform a recurring task, basically just rephrasing a standard prompt. Ask Gemini for new book recommendations every Friday evening, and that's what you'll get each week. There’s a limit, though. You can only set up ten scheduled actions at once. Once scheduled, all of your upcoming tasks are viewable in the Scheduled Actions tab under settings. You can edit, pause, or cancel them from there.Or at least you can if you pay. The feature is available on Gemini's paid plans, so you have to subscribe to AI Pro for $20 per month or AI Ultra at $250 per month. Some Google Workspace business and education plans will also have access. That means free-tier users won't be able to use Scheduled Actions right now, but there is a lot of precedent for these kinds of features trickling down to general release at a pretty fast pace. There's no official timeline for doing so right now, but if you already pay, maybe you can ask Gemini to let you know when it does.Gemini schedules ChatGPT fightGoogle has always portrayed Gemini's future as more than another chatbot, promising it would become an agent that anticipates and completes requests. Of course, it does seem to also be about matching ChatGPT and its own Tasks feature, but there are some ways Gemini stands out. ChatGPT Tasks leans heavily on working within ChatGPT and its related apps, but that's not nearly as universally used as the Google ecosystem. Gemini and its Scheduled Tasks build on integrations with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and everywhere else that a lot of people have already set up a digital home.The broader significance of both ChatGPT and Gemini pursuing this kind of feature is the shift to proactive AI. That your AI might start helping you before you know you need help is something the companies behind AI models are very enamored with, even if it's not the dream of everyone to have an AI system so intimately acquainted with their lives. If you're worried about privacy, giving an AI the keys to your inbox and calendar and telling it to get creative is not the sales pitch Google might believe.Still, reliable, predictable task completion without constant oversight is appealing. That said, scheduled actions are only as good as the infrastructure behind them. If Google servers glitch, a missed prompt is possible and may be catastrophic if you've given it important duties. At I/O, Google showed off an upcoming “Agent Mode” designed to handle multi-step tasks like booking travel or coordinating apartment tours. Scheduled Actions sets the foundation for that plan, but Google should make sure there are no cracks in that foundation.You might also likeGoogle Gemini 2.5 Flash promises to be your favorite AI chatbot, but how does it compare to ChatGPT 4o?4 ways ChatGPT Tasks can help you take control of your life – trust me it's my favorite AI tool of 2025 so farGoogle plans to get its AI to write your emails for you