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On July 24, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrote a letter called "Open Weights and American AI Leadership." It urged Washington not to restrict downloadable models. It opened with 25 signatories, which doubled to about 50 over the weekend. OpenAI and Google signed after first abstaining. Anthropic and Amazon did not. Continue Reading →

Similarweb’s 2026 report says Google’s AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, up from 15% a year earlier. Visits to Google’s conversational AI Mode rose from 126 million in June 2025 to 279 million by May 2026. Google said in May that AI Mode had surpassed one billion monthly users. Continue Reading →

Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook. The branding catches the product up with the rest of Google’s AI portfolio, but you’ll be more interested in some of the new features. Continue Reading →

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 →