AI BriefingThe latest AI and developer news about #google, with the original source and a short summary.
The latest AI and developer news about #google, with the original source and a short summary.
A man has filed a lawsuit claiming that the design of Google's Gemini AI caused psychological dependence and withdrawal symptoms.
An analysis claims Chrome downloads the roughly 4GB Gemini Nano AI model without consent.
Google Search introduced 5 AI features for gardening.
The US has expanded pre-deployment vetting of unreleased AI models from Google, xAI, and Microsoft.
Google excluded Gemma 4's MTP feature from the public release, then began supporting it via an auxiliary model after the community discovered it.
Google is preparing the next upgrade to Gemini Flash around I/O 2026.
Google is supporting the $3.5 million Future Vision XPRIZE film competition with XPRIZE.
An MTP draft model for Gemma 4 has been released, boosting inference speed by up to 2x.
Google announced major AI news in April, including Cloud Next and Gemma 4.
Employee backlash against Google's AI contract with the US Department of Defense has grown, but unlike the Maven case, it's unlikely to end the same way this time.
The U.S. Department of Defense has signed contracts with 8 major tech companies including OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia to use AI in classified environments.
Signs have emerged that Google is testing a new Omni model in the Gemini video generation tab.
Pichai's AI-first strategy drove Google's comeback, spearheaded by Gemini and DeepMind.
Alphabet's quarterly net income surged 81%, but a significant portion stems from paper gains on the rising value of stakes in AI companies like Anthropic.
Google's coding agent Jules has been released for free in public beta.
The three Big Tech companies all increased AI investment, but only Google's stock reacted positively.
Google has intensified its pushback against Nvidia by directly selling TPUs to some customers.
After sidelining Anthropic, the US Department of Defense has expanded its use of Google Gemini to classified projects.
Signs have emerged that Google is preparing a monthly credit system and a new image section for the Gemini app.
Google has broadly allowed AI access for the U.S. Department of Defense's classified networks.
Google has reportedly signed a secret contract allowing the US Department of Defense to use its AI models.
For its 20th anniversary, Google Translate unveiled a pronunciation practice feature for Android.
Departures of AI researchers from Big Tech are leading to the founding of billion-dollar-plus startups.
DeepMind alum David Silver's Ineffable Intelligence has raised a record-breaking $1.1 billion seed investment.