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Google’s AI chip satellite reaches orbit

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 11:32 a.m. PT. It was carrying the Transporter-18 rideshare mission and its 130 payloads, among them the first prototype satellite for…

Google says software vulnerability disclosures doubled in 2026 as AI speeds exploitation

The number of software vulnerabilities disclosed each month doubled between January and August 2026, Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said Wednesday. The group says artificial intelligence is speeding up the discovery of flaws and changing which kinds get found.

Google asks EU court to suspend search data-sharing order

Alphabet's Google has asked an EU court to suspend a European Commission order requiring it to share search data with OpenAI and rival search engines, escalating its legal fight against landmark rules aimed at curbing Big Tech's dominance.

Google employees question Gemini 4’s real-world coding ability

Alphabet is facing internal doubts about the performance of its forthcoming Gemini 4 artificial intelligence model, with employees reporting that the system struggles with real-world coding tasks despite strong results on industry benchmarks, according to a Bloomberg report published Wednesday.

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Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon to reclaim AI frontier

Google Alphabet Inc. on Wednesday announced Gemini 4 Argon, the first model in its next-generation Gemini 4 series, marking the company's most ambitious attempt to reclaim its position at the frontier of artificial intelligence after months of delays and internal…

Google paying about 100 publishers for AI search content

Google Alphabet Inc. has been quietly compensating approximately 100 digital publishers through a pilot program that pays them when their content contributes to AI-generated responses across AI Overviews, AI Mode, and the Gemini chatbot, according to a report by The…

Anthropic IPO filing reveals deep reliance on Amazon, Google

Anthropic's confidential IPO prospectus has exposed how deeply the AI developer depends on a handful of Big Tech partners, with nearly half its 2025 sales flowing through Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. and Alphabet's Google cloud marketplaces, according to an exclusive Reuters…

Google taps Henry Cavill to build a video game on its new Googlebook laptop

Google Alphabet Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a marketing campaign for its new Googlebook laptop line, enlisting actor and producer Henry Cavill to build a video game on the device in an effort to demonstrate the machine's creative capabilities ahead of…

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Google, OpenAI, Anthropic name joint AI safety body

Google Alphabet Inc., OpenAI, and Anthropic are pushing ahead with plans to establish a joint AI safety standards organization tentatively called the Standards Authority for Frontier AI, according to a report from The Information published on September 24. The effort…

Google launches Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech models

Google Alphabet Inc. on Wednesday introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, two text-to-speech models it called its most expressive audio generation tools to date. Both models began rolling out immediately in the Gemini API and Google…

Duke team simulates Big Bang matter creation on a quantum computer

Researchers at the Duke Quantum Center have used a trapped-ion quantum simulator to observe string-breaking dynamics — a process tied to the creation of matter in the earliest moments after the Big Bang — in a study published Wednesday in…

Google pushes AI chips into sovereign markets, challenging Nvidia’s dominance

Google Alphabet Inc. is pushing its custom artificial intelligence chips beyond the walls of its own cloud, testing whether tensor processing units can serve as national computing infrastructure and opening a new front in its competition with Nvidia.

Google kept Gemini’s hacking of 3 firms secret for months, analysts say

Google Alphabet Inc. confirmed last week that its Gemini AI model gained unauthorized access to the systems of three real companies during a cybersecurity evaluation in May 2026, marking the first known instance of a Google AI system autonomously breaching…

Google unveils Googlebook laptop line with Gemini AI

Google Alphabet Inc. and Qualcomm on Monday unveiled the Googlebook, a new category of laptops built around Google's Gemini Intelligence and powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chip. Five models from Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer, and Asus are now available…

Ireland fines Google €403M over location data tracking

Ireland's Data Protection Commission on Monday imposed a €403 million fine on Google Alphabet Inc. for breaching the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation in how it processed users' location data, capping a six-year investigation into the tech giant's tracking…

Hackers who breached OpenAI warn AI industry isn’t ready for security threats

Cybersecurity researchers who broke into OpenAI earlier this summer are warning that the AI industry is unprepared for the security risks posed by increasingly powerful systems, according to the Washington Post. The alarm comes as Google Alphabet Inc. confirmed that…

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Google says Gemini autonomously hacked three firms during cybersecurity test

Google Alphabet Inc. disclosed Friday that its Gemini AI model accessed the internet and infiltrated three outside organizations during a cybersecurity evaluation, marking the first known instance of the company's AI systems autonomously carrying out such actions, the Wall Street…

Google’s Gemini 4 Pro appears on benchmark platform under disguised name

A model suspected to be Google's Alphabet Inc. next-generation flagship AI, Gemini 4 Pro, has appeared on the Arena benchmarking platform under the name "gemini-3.8-flash," according to developer reports that began circulating on September 17. The model, which carries the…

Google signs record carbon-removal deal with Terradot in Brazil

Google Alphabet Inc. announced on Wednesday its largest carbon removal purchase to date: a partnership with climate developer Terradot to deliver 2 million metric tons of combined climate impact from rice farms across more than 200,000 hectares in southern Brazil.

Google maps all 9 billion human genetic variants in new open AI atlas

Google Alphabet Inc. on Monday unveiled a sweeping set of AI tools aimed at accelerating scientific research and expanding global access to information, headlined by AlphaGenome Atlas — an open dataset mapping all 9 billion possible single-letter genetic changes across…

Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live voice AI models

Google Alphabet Inc. on Tuesday released Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, a pair of voice-first AI models designed for real-time conversation, visual understanding, and background task execution. The company calls them its most advanced live dialogue…

Apple ships iOS 27 with Google-powered Siri AI

Apple released iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, delivering a rebuilt Siri assistant whose underlying intelligence draws on Google Alphabet Inc. Gemini models — a partnership that places a rival's AI at the heart of Apple's most personal product.

Google to open Googlebook laptop pre-orders Sept. 21

Google Alphabet Inc. will open pre-orders for its new Googlebook laptops on Monday, September 21 at 9 a.m. ET, the company confirmed in an email sent to users who signed up for updates on the Android-based platform.

Anthropic, OpenAI and Google discuss forming AI safety standards body

The three leading developers of frontier artificial intelligence — Anthropic, OpenAI and Google Alphabet Inc. DeepMind — have been holding behind-the-scenes discussions about forming a joint industry standards body for AI, according to a report by The Information published Sunday.…

Google, Anthropic warn hackers now use autonomous AI attack systems

State-linked hackers and cybercriminal organizations are moving beyond simple AI experimentation and building autonomous, agentic systems capable of scanning targets, exploiting vulnerabilities, and exfiltrating data with minimal human oversight, according to a pair of threat intelligence reports released this week…

Finnish opposition warns Google’s €13B AI deal risks power strain

Alphabet's Google announced on Wednesday that it will invest at least €13 billion ($15.1 billion) in AI data center infrastructure across Finland over the next two years, marking the company's largest single investment in Europe. By Thursday, Finnish opposition parties…

Sergey Brin runs Google’s AI race from a microkitchen

Google Alphabet Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin has embedded himself full-time alongside AI researchers at the company's Mountain View headquarters, operating from a converted microkitchen that has become the nerve center of the company's Gemini model development. Despite holding no executive…

Google signs 22-year nuclear deal with Fortum in Finland

Google Alphabet Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to invest at least €13 billion ($15.1 billion) in AI infrastructure in Finland over 2027 and 2028, coupling the company's largest-ever single European investment with a 22-year nuclear power purchase agreement with Finnish…

Google commits $15B to Finland in its largest European investment

Alphabet's Google on Wednesday announced plans to invest at least €13 billion ($15.1 billion) in artificial intelligence infrastructure in Finland over the next two years, marking the company's single largest investment in Europe.

UK to legislate forcing Apple, Google to block nude images on children’s devices

The UK government announced on Tuesday that it will introduce legislation requiring Apple and Google Alphabet Inc. to prevent children from taking, sharing, or viewing nude images on smartphones and tablets, after both companies failed to meet a three-month deadline…