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Google is an AI pioneer with DeepMind producing milestones like Gemini and AlphaFold. The YZ Index evaluates Gemini models weekly — Gemini 2.5 Pro currently ranks in the top 5 overall.

This vendor's models · Current YZ Index scores

Gemini 2.5 Pro 75.8 Gemini 3.1 Pro 69.3

If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.

PSA: A change to Google's privacy settings let it train its AI on more of your data. Here's how to opt out.

New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI

Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Go

Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025

Google tries balancing AI data center emissions with clean energy efforts.

Gemini Spark, Google’s agentic assistant, is now available on Mac

Google's 24/7 agentic assistant, Gemini Spark, comes to Mac alongside other improvements, like real-time tracking and support for more apps.

The “Father of the Internet” is finally retiring

Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the protocols underlying the internet, will step down as Google's chief internet evangelist next week.

Google's new Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is its fastest and cheapest yet

They may not look as good, but Nano Banana 2 Lite images only take a few seconds to create.

Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content.

Google finally releases a Finance Android app, promises iOS version later in 2026

It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.

AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals

Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, following departures from top scientists Noam Shazeer and John

Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker

Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker. The company's new $99.99 Google Home Speaker replaces the rigid commands

The Gemini-Powered Google Home Speaker Is Finally Here

Arriving six years after Google’s last smart speaker, the new HomePod-style device was redesigned to play host to Gemini’s chatbot.

Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties

AI is once again at the heart of a college graduation protest — this time for the technology's use in Google's defense contracts.

Google Open-Sources DiffusionGemma: 26B Parameter Model Achieves 4x Local Generation Speedup

Google DeepMind launched DiffusionGemma on June 11, 2026, a 26-billion-parameter model in the Gemma open-weight family. It uses a diffusion-based appr

A German Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews

The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the res

Google sues alleged Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to send scam texts

The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a sp

Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams

The fraudsters allegedly targeted hundreds of thousands of people with Gemini-coded scams sites.

Siri AI arrives with Google inside, and much of the world is locked out

“We’ve all had that moment where you search for something you know is there, but it just won’t show up.” Apple’s Stacey

Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars

Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.

Google announces Gemini 3.5 Live Translate for instant voice-to-voice translation

Voice translations preserve speaker's tone, pacing, pitch—with SynthID watermarks for security.