Google is investing an immediate $10 billion in Anthropic at a $350 billion valuation, with up to $30 billion more tied to performance milestones. The deal also includes a 5GW cloud capacity commitment, hot on the heels of Amazon's own megadeal.
Google's new Deep Research Max AI agent uses Gemini 3.1 Pro to autonomously compile detailed reports overnight, with new features for data visualization and connecting to third-party financial data.
Google's Gemini AI assistant is now available in Chrome for users in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam, though the more advanced agentic features remain limited to US paid subscribers.
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 gives robots improved spatial reasoning and the ability to interpret analog instruments like pressure gauges, developed in collaboration with Boston Dynamics.
Google's new Gemini desktop app for macOS, built in Swift, contains hidden settings for a screen-sharing voice assistant that isn't functional yet—but clearly coming soon.
Google introduces Skills in Chrome, a feature that lets users save and reuse AI prompts for repetitive web tasks, now rolling out to Gemini in Chrome desktop users.
Google Home's Gemini voice assistant gets smarter with improved playlist recognition, advanced note management, faster responses, and new parental controls, rolling out now in the latest update.
OpenAI's new revenue chief praised the Amazon partnership as a key growth driver while acknowledging limitations in the Microsoft relationship, as competition intensifies in the enterprise AI market.
A Google DeepMind study reveals current AI safety metrics are flawed, showing manipulation frequency doesn't predict harm and subtle tactics prove more effective than obvious ones.
