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Google adds screen-control tool to Gemini 3.5 Flash

Google Alphabet Inc. on Tuesday launched computer use as a built-in tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash, enabling developers to build AI agents that can see, reason about, and interact with screens across browser, mobile, and desktop environments. The capability, previously…

Google taps MediaTek to build next-gen Triggerfish AI chip

Alphabet is developing an upgraded version of its TPU v9 artificial intelligence chip, codenamed Triggerfish, with Taiwan's MediaTek once again serving as its exclusive design partner, according to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities.

Google deploys billions to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance

Alphabet is borrowing from Nvidia's own strategic playbook to expand its custom AI chip business, deploying billions of dollars in financial guarantees to win data center customers and challenge the dominant GPU maker's grip on the artificial intelligence hardware market.

Google, Microsoft launch open standard for AI agent discovery

A coalition of major technology companies on June 17 published the Agentic Resource Discovery specification, an open protocol designed to let AI agents find, evaluate, and connect to tools and services across the internet without hard-coded integrations.

Google’s Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer leaves to join OpenAI

Noam Shazeer, a vice president of engineering at Google Alphabet Inc. and co-lead of its Gemini artificial intelligence models, announced on Wednesday that he will leave the company to join OpenAI, according to Reuters. The move marks the departure of…

Google opens pre-orders for its first smart speaker in six years

Google Alphabet Inc. on Tuesday began accepting pre-orders for the Google Home Speaker, a $99.99 device that marks the company's first new standalone smart speaker since the Nest Audio launched in 2020. Units are set to arrive on store shelves…

iOS 27 beta reveals hidden Siri extensions for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini

Apple used its WWDC 2026 keynote on June 8 to introduce Siri AI, a ground-up rebuild of the voice assistant that the company said was developed in collaboration with Google Alphabet Inc. using the Gemini family of models. The announcement…

Google, UC San Diego to build data center from 2,000 retired Pixel phones

Google Alphabet Inc. and researchers at the University of California San Diego have unveiled a joint project to repurpose thousands of retired Pixel smartphones into a functioning cloud computing platform, aiming to cut the carbon footprint of new hardware manufacturing.

Google to appeal German ruling holding it liable for AI Overviews

Alphabet's Google announced on Friday that it will appeal a German court ruling that holds the company legally liable for false claims generated by its AI Overviews feature, in a case the company says could have broad implications for artificial…

Apple says new Siri AI won’t flatter or romance users

Apple on Monday introduced Siri AI, a rebuilt version of its voice assistant powered by Google's Alphabet Inc. Gemini foundation model, during the opening keynote of its Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California. The new assistant will roll out across…

Google’s Android security chief quits over Pentagon AI deal

René Mayrhofer, Google's Alphabet Inc. Director of Android Platform Security, has resigned from the company in protest over its agreement to provide artificial intelligence models to the U.S. Department of Defense for classified military work. In an internal letter titled…

Google in talks with Samsung to make next-gen AI chip

Alphabet's Google is in discussions with Samsung Electronics to manufacture part of its next-generation tensor processing unit, codenamed "Icefish," as tightening capacity at the world's leading chipmaker forces the search giant to diversify its supply chain, according to a report…

Google and OpenAI compete for World Cup spotlight with rival sponsorship deals

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup prepares to kick off across North America, two of the world's largest AI platforms have staked their claims on the tournament — Google's Alphabet Inc. Gemini through sponsorship deals with multiple national teams, and…

Google says YouTube’s terms let it train AI on uploaded music

Google Alphabet Inc. filed a motion on Monday to dismiss a copyright lawsuit brought by independent musicians, arguing that YouTube's terms of service grant the company a "broad license" to use uploaded music for training its Lyria 3 AI model…

Google rolls out real-time speech translator across 70+ languages

Google Alphabet Inc. on Tuesday released Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, an AI-powered audio model that translates speech in near real time across more than 70 languages, marking one of the company's most ambitious deployments of on-device translation technology. The same…

Google releases DiffusionGemma, an open AI model that generates text in parallel

Google DeepMind Alphabet Inc. on Tuesday released DiffusionGemma, an experimental open-source language model that abandons the one-token-at-a-time approach of conventional AI systems in favor of generating entire blocks of text simultaneously, delivering what the company says is up to four…

Google-SpaceX cloud deal signals Azure upside, BNP says

Google's Alphabet Inc. decision to pay SpaceX $920 million per month for AI computing capacity is sending a bullish signal for Microsoft's Azure cloud business, according to BNP Paribas analyst Stefan Slowinski, who argues the deal underscores demand that remains…

Google opens Gemini 3.5 Live Translate API to developers

Google Alphabet Inc. on Monday unveiled Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, a speech-to-speech translation model that delivers near real-time audio translation across more than 70 languages. The model generates translated speech continuously as a person talks, rather than waiting for them…

Apple opens Xcode 27 to Google’s Gemini AI models

Google Alphabet Inc. and Apple are deepening their AI collaboration with a suite of developer tools unveiled at WWDC 2026. Starting with preview releases available Monday, Apple developers can access cloud-hosted Gemini models through Apple's Foundation Models framework and use…

Apple unveils AI cloud model built on Nvidia, Google tech

Apple revealed on Monday at WWDC 2026 that it has built its most powerful AI model yet — AFM Cloud Pro — in collaboration with Google Alphabet Inc. and Nvidia, running on Nvidia GPUs within Google Cloud infrastructure while extending…

Apple unveils macOS 27 Golden Gate, ending Intel Mac support

Apple on Monday unveiled macOS 27, officially named "Golden Gate," during its WWDC 2026 keynote at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. The update marks the definitive end of the Intel era for Mac computers, requiring Apple silicon to install.

Google orders 3 million TPUs from Intel as Nvidia eyes foundry partnership

Alphabet's Google has placed an order with Intel to manufacture more than three million tensor processing units for 2028, according to a report from The Information published Monday, citing four people with direct knowledge of the discussions. The deal marks…

Microsoft, Google, and Meta converge on OpenClaw framework

Seven months after Austrian developer Peter Steinberger released a weekend project called Clawdbot, the open-source personal AI assistant now known as OpenClaw has reshaped how the world's largest technology companies think about autonomous software. Microsoft, Google Alphabet Inc., and Meta…

AI safety filters on Meta, Google models stripped in minutes, FT finds

Software tools that remove safety protections from AI models developed by Meta and Google Alphabet Inc. can bypass guardrails in a matter of minutes, according to an investigation published by the Financial Times on Sunday. The modified systems responded to…

Google apologizes after BAFTAs push alert included racial slur

Google Alphabet Inc. apologized on Tuesday after a push notification sent to users about the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards included the N-word, uncensored, in its preview text. The notification, sent Monday, linked to a Hollywood Reporter article about fallout from…

AI art museum to open in Los Angeles in spring 2026

Refik Anadol Studio this week announced that DATALAND, billed as the world's first Museum of AI Arts, will open in spring 2026 at Frank Gehry's Grand LA complex in downtown Los Angeles, pushing back its originally planned 2025 debut. The…