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Google retires Gemini Gems in favor of skills

Sep 29, 2026

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Gemini 4 is in refinement, but Google has not set a launch date

Sep 24, 2026

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YouTube's custom feeds let viewers describe what they want to watch

Sep 24, 2026

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Googlebook asks buyers to pay $899 for Gemini at the operating-system layer

Google's $899 Googlebook puts Gemini in the cursor, dictation, and generated widgets, but several promoted AI features do not require its new laptop hardware.

By The AI Feed Desk

Sep 22, 2026

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Gemini breached three companies during cybersecurity tests

Gemini accessed three companies' protected systems during tests, but Google did not confirm the incidents publicly until a media inquiry weeks later.

By The AI Feed Desk

Sep 22, 2026

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Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome Atlas for 9 billion genomic variants

Google DeepMind's AlphaGenome Atlas offers academic researchers a free portal for AI predictions about every possible single-letter DNA change in the human genome.

By The AI Feed Desk

Sep 11, 2026

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Google brings Lyria 3.5 music generation to Gemini and the Gemini API

Google made Lyria 3.5 available in Gemini and the Gemini API, with text-and-image inputs, MP3 output, lyrics, and full-song generation.

By The AI Feed Desk

Sep 8, 2026

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GitHub adds Gemini 3.8 Flash while retiring older Copilot models

GitHub added Gemini 3.8 Flash to Copilot and scheduled selected older Copilot models for deprecation on October 2, 2026.

By The AI Feed Desk

Sep 4, 2026

Security teams review AI-generated vulnerability fixes across critical infrastructure systems

Google opens Fairwind cyber-defense program

Google launched Fairwind, a limited-access program that pairs Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber with CodeMender for trusted cyber-defense partners.

By The AI Feed Desk

Sep 3, 2026

Email, calendar, document, and task cards converge into one AI command bar

Google replaces Gemini side panel in Chat with Ask Gemini command line

Google is rolling out Ask Gemini in Google Chat, replacing the Chat side panel for English Workspace users with a command surface across work context.

By The AI Feed Desk

Aug 30, 2026

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Google DeepMind pilots double-blind AI evaluations

Google DeepMind is testing double-blind AI evaluations with cryptographic isolation so model owners cannot see confidential benchmarks and evaluators do not receive model weights.

By The AI Feed Desk

Aug 27, 2026

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Google introduces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for voice agents

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe gives developers streaming and recorded-audio model IDs for voice agents, dictation, captions, and call-analysis workflows.

By The AI Feed Desk

Aug 27, 2026

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Google releases Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash video controls

Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash adds scene extension, first-and-last-frame interpolation, 360p drafts, 4K upscaling, and video references for developer video workflows.

By The AI Feed Desk

Aug 27, 2026

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Google makes Gemini 3.7 Flash GA for coding agents

Google's Gemini API release notes list Gemini 3.7 Flash as generally available for software engineering, web development, and agentic workflows.

By The AI Feed Desk

Aug 21, 2026

Research, Gemini product work, and automated discovery paths split from a central AI leadership table

Google reshuffles DeepMind as Discovery Loop spins out

Google moved Demis Hassabis into Alphabet chief scientist and Google DeepMind chair roles while Jeff Dean and longtime collaborators launched Discovery Loop.

By The AI Feed Desk

Aug 7, 2026

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Google Maps turns Ask Maps into an agent for local tasks

Google expanded Ask Maps with agentic food ordering, hotel and event help, Personal Intelligence, conversational contributions, and real-time transit updates.

By The AI Feed Desk

Aug 6, 2026

A managed Gemini agent runs tool calls through policy hooks, budget gauges, and scheduled worker lanes inside a cloud sandbox

Google turns Gemini Managed Agents into scheduled, governed workers

Google updated Gemini API Managed Agents with Gemini 3.6 Flash as the default, environment hooks, token budgets, scheduled triggers, and free-tier access.

By The AI Feed Desk

Jul 29, 2026