Gemini Spark Reads Your Emails (and That’s the Point)

Google announced Gemini Spark at I/O this week, a 24/7 agentic assistant built on Gemini 3.5 and the Antigravity harness. It integrates natively with Gmail, Google Docs, and the rest of Workspace. Spark is currently in testing, with a beta rolling out to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. next week. Continue Reading →

GM Makes Gemini the Default AI in 4 Million Cars

GM is rolling out Google Gemini to roughly 4 million U.S. vehicles already on the road, replacing Google Assistant in model year 2022 and newer Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC models with Google built-in. The update arrives over the air over several months, U.S. English only at launch, with other markets and languages to follow. GM calls it one of the largest Gemini deployments in the auto industry. Continue Reading →

Chrome Turns Your AI Prompts into One-Click Tools

Google just launched Skills in Chrome, which converts your AI prompts into reusable one-click tools. Instead of retyping "make this recipe vegan" across multiple food sites, you save it as a Skill and run it instantly on any page. You can also share these custom workflows or grab pre-built ones from Google's Skills library. Continue Reading →

How Much Does An LLM Remember?

Stanford and Yale researchers extracted 95.8% of a copyrighted novel, word for word, from Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Gemini 2.5 Pro gave up 76.8% of Harry Potter without even requiring a jailbreak. Grok 3 handed over 70.3%. GPT-4.1 was the most resistant at 4.0%, but it still coughed up text after enough attempts. Thirteen books were tested. The words came out. Continue Reading →

Google’s Lyria 3 is a Very Good Parlor Trick

Google DeepMind just launched Lyria 3 in the Gemini app. Type a text prompt (or upload a photo) and you will get a 30-second track with auto-generated lyrics, vocals, and custom cover art. The model is available in eight languages to anyone 18+. YouTube creators worldwide can also access it through Dream Track for Shorts soundtracks. Every track carries a SynthID watermark. Continue Reading →

Google is Google for AI

Google's Gemini app now has more than 750 million MAUs (monthly active users), up from 650 million before the Gemini 3 launch in mid-November. CEO Sundar Pichai said Gemini 3 Pro "has seen the fastest adoption of any model in our history." Continue Reading →

Siri Gets a Google Brain

Apple will pay Google roughly $5 billion over the next several years to power Siri with Gemini. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported yesterday that the new assistant, codenamed "Campos," will replace Siri entirely in iOS 27 this fall. Apple gets competitive AI. Google gets deeper integration across 2 billion active Apple devices. Continue Reading →

Google Announces Personal Intelligence

Google launched "Personal Intelligence," a beta feature that connects the Gemini app to your personal digital footprint (Gmail, Photos, YouTube history, and Search data). The goal is better, more personalized AI assistance. Continue Reading →