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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 3.1 Pro 70.7 Gemini 2.5 Pro 65.3

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Google Nano Banana 2 (and 2.0 Lite) Explained: Gemini Default, Hands-On Findings, and the 24-Hour Google Earth Recall

Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google

"Bankruptcy cannot become the new land grab for AI.”

Google's AI genome system evaluates every possible one-base change

Most one-base changes to the human genome do nothing, but a few are significant.

Chrome is now shipping updates every 2 weeks as AI changes the security landscape

Google is speeding up Chrome’s release schedule to ship security patches and new features faster.

AI weather forecasting enters the energy market as Google targets grid operators with WeatherNext 3

Google’s newest AI weather forecasting model predicts wind speed at 100 metres above the ground, roughly the height of a modern wind turbine. It

Anthropic Locks In $517 Billion in Compute Contracts in 11 Months as Pre-IPO Arms Race Reaches Fever Pitch

Anthropic has signed $517 billion in compute-capacity contracts over 11 months, sharply expanding its infrastructure commitments ahead of a potential

Google's Cyber Model Available Only to Trusted Institutions: Tiered Capability Distribution Emerges as New Paradigm for AI Security Governance

This article examines Google DeepMind's release of Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, a restricted AI variant available only to institutions vetted under the Fai

Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella

WeatherNext 3 is the latest wave of a sea change in meteorology brought out by deep learning techniques. Google says it will start feeding into weathe

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.

Google’s Android update tackles motion sickness, accessibility, and more

While some of the features see Google playing catch-up to Apple, which already offers similar features for iPhone users, others specifically leverage

Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder who defected to OpenAI, is now at Google

Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Googl

AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps

Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lower-cost phones with l

Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more

The updates indicate that Google is looking position to AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it's moving beyond simply helping users find inform

Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text

The AI that powers Gboard's Rambler is coming to more Google products, including Chrome.

Spirit Airlines Wants to Sell Its Data to Google. Former Flight Attendants Are Freaked Out

“It never crossed my mind that they would be so bold as to sell our private data for AI,” says one former Spirit Airlines flight attendant.

Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

Google is giving publishers a new button that lets readers make them a preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News, potentially boosting

Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools

The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as

Flight attendants freaked out that Google to buy tons of Spirit employee data

Bankrupt Spirit accused of selling out workers in massive data sale to Google.

AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google’s Chrome team

"We have some really ambitious plans to help you work with AI in Chrome to get things done, and I’ll have more to share soon," Jacob Bank, Relay found

Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations

Turning off this setting won't affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file

Google announces Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after previous release

Gemini 3.6 Flash debuted just 3 weeks ago, but Google says 3.7 has "substantial improvements."