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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…