A free intensive training program on natural-language programming attracted hundreds of thousands of participants and generated over 6,000 capstone project submissions.
Google Cloud revenue jumped to $24.8B in Q2 2026, driven by enterprise AI adoption. The company's $514B backlog signals strong demand for its infrastructure investments.
Alphabet is developing a custom AI accelerator designed to reduce per-token power consumption and reduce dependence on Nvidia's dominance.
Google is renaming its AI note-taking app NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and rolling out code execution capabilities for enterprise users.
Google is rolling out app integrations directly within Search's AI Mode, allowing users to securely link services and execute actions without leaving the search interface.
Jonas Adler, Alexander Pritzel, John Jumper, and Noam Shazeer have departed Google for competitors in recent weeks, signaling a shift in the talent market as rivals prepare for public offerings.
About 200 Stanford students walked out during Pichai's graduation speech in protest of Google's defense contracts and ICE ties.
DuckDuckGo's traffic surges 84% above baseline as users flee Google's AI-first search overhaul, driving new extension launches.
Google Android head Sameer Samat released disco-themed custom app icons for Pixel phones on May 22, riding the wave of Spotify's polarizing anniversary redesign.
Gmail Live, Docs Live, and voice-driven Keep features roll out this summer for Google's AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.
Google unified its search interface around Gemini 3.5 Flash, blending AI Overviews with chatbot-style AI Mode, while rolling out background-monitoring agents for paying subscribers.
Google's AI Mode has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users globally one year after launch, with U.S. users adopting longer queries and multimodal search at accelerating rates.
Google unveiled Gemini Omni, a multimodal model capable of video creation, alongside Gemini 3.5 Flash and expanded agent capabilities across Search, Gmail, and shopping.
Google is folding Reddit threads and social forums into AI Search as 'Expert Advice,' formalizing years of users gaming the system by appending 'Reddit' to queries.
Google Chrome silently installs a 4GB Gemini Nano model file on users' devices, with storage requirements buried far from where users enable the features.
Google upgrades its smart home AI to Gemini 3.1, enabling chained voice commands, browser-based management, and inline notification controls.
iOS 27 could let users set any compatible AI model as their default for Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground — ending OpenAI's exclusive grip on Apple Intelligence.
Apple's iOS 27 will let users choose from multiple third-party AI models — including Google and Anthropic — to power Siri and other built-in system features.
Google, XPRIZE, and Range Media Partners launch the $3.5M Future Vision film competition, inviting filmmakers to envision an optimistic, technology-enabled future.
Alphabet's Q1 2026 earnings show Gemini bundled into Google One plans is powering subscription growth, while YouTube ad revenue misses Wall Street expectations.
Google's new AI wardrobe feature lets you virtually try on and mix-and-match clothes you already own, extending the company's try-on AI beyond shopping into daily personal styling.
Elon Musk testified under oath that a dispute with Google's Larry Page over existential AI risk was a core driver in co-founding OpenAI, and that recruiting Ilya Sutskever ended their friendship.