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The Munich Regional Court ruled that Google is directly liable for false statements in its AI Overviews. Two German publishers won a preliminary injunction after the feature linked them to scams, subscription traps, and shady business practices. The court set a penalty of up to €250,000 per violation. Google bears 80% of court costs and says it will appeal. Continue Reading →

Apple announced Monday a multi-year agreement to use Google's Gemini models to power Siri. Anthropic announced yesterday that they have a new model tier above Opus. Continue Reading →

Apple unveiled a major overhaul of its AI strategy at WWDC 2026, centered on a rebuilt Siri and a broad expansion of Apple Intelligence across its ecosystem. The announcement comes two years after Apple first introduced plans for a more capable Siri that never fully materialized. Continue Reading →

Google announced that publishers will soon be able to opt their websites out of AI Overviews and AI Mode through a new Search Console control. Continue Reading →

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 →

Google just announced updates to AI Mode and AI Overviews that promise to surface more original content and drive traffic back to publishers. The company is adding direct links within AI responses, article suggestions, and website previews to help users "explore the web" rather than getting answers entirely from AI summaries. Continue Reading →

As you know, deploying agents at enterprise scale is one of the key areas of my consulting work. Microsoft and Google are making it a lot easier. Continue Reading →

Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon collectively committed approximately $700 billion to AI infrastructure spending this year, a 77% increase over 2025. All four reported earnings this week. Every single one beat expectations. The stock market yawned. Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →