Google is launching some new AI models, but not the one many expected. The company on Tuesday announced three Gemini models that it said are faster and cheaper for running AI agents, as Google continues to double down on raw power efficiency. This isn’t entirely a choice: Google said the Gemini 3.5 Pro, the new
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is designing a new server chip to help its internal Gemini models run more efficiently. The new chip, internally called “Frozen v2,” is scheduled to launch sometime in 2028, The Information reported, citing anonymous sources. According to the report, the chip could be six to 10 times more efficient than Google’s
Big Tech earnings season begins next week with Google, but the most important number won’t be profits or revenue. It will be how much these companies say they will spend on AI data centers. Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have already laid out plans to spend more than $700 billion this year. Investors know that
The city of San Francisco has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of “nudification” apps (software programs that can digitally alter images to undress the people in them) from their app stores. California law criminalizes any activity that “knowingly facilitates” or “recklessly aids or abets” the creation of non-consensual deepfake pornography. In 2025, California
Google announced Thursday that it now allows users to link and interact with some of their favorite apps directly in AI mode, the tech giant’s conversational search experience. At launch, supported apps include Instacart, Canva, and YouTube. With this new update, Google is expanding AI mode beyond answering questions and completing tasks in the apps
Dozens of Google employees from across the country gathered in the shadow of the company’s Mountain View headquarters on Thursday, holding signs that read “Googlers for job security” and demanding greater protections against layoffs. By noon, nearly 100 workers filled a grassy stretch of campus, flanked by the Googleplex on one side and the broad