Tag: Google

YouTube hands creators an AI agent for titles and thumbnails

At its Made On YouTube event, YouTube unveiled a background agent, AI-generated thumbnails, multi-version tests and prompt-built home…

Google parks idle agents in a new open source runtime

The Apache 2.0 project treats each agent session as a stateful actor that can be suspended mid-task and…

Google puts Gemini at the center of an $899 laptop line

Five manufacturers open Googlebook pre-orders today with a Magic Pointer, AI dictation and a year of Google AI…

Google kept silent as Gemini breached three real companies

Google says Gemini's three break-ins were not misalignment, only mistaken identity.

Frontier labs face a class action over an alleged slowdown pact

Four consumers say Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google agreed to limit how fast their models improve.

Google Labs retools CC as a shared agent for busy households

The experimental agent now runs from its own Google account and serves up to six family members.

Google opens Home MCP so agents can run a smart home

Google has given AI agents a supported route into its smart home ecosystem, opening early access to a…

Google ships two live voice models for very different jobs

The two new audio models switch between 97 languages mid-sentence and run tool calls in the background while…

Google’s Chrome halves release cycles in the AI security era

Chrome 153 starts a two-week cadence meant to shrink the AI-era patch gap.

Google helps Cathay Pacific dodge warming contrails on long flights

Trial reroutes on more than 80 ultra-long-haul flights cut contrail warming by an estimated 40 percent.

Gemini Flash models now pick which video frames to watch

Google's agentic video processing cuts tokens by up to 88 percent on long recordings.

Lyria 3.5 lets Gemini users compose full songs from prompts

Google's music model moves beyond Flow Music into the Gemini app and API with guided creation tools.