Google adds Gemini 4 Hydrogen to Search worldwide
Google said it is rolling out Gemini 4 Hydrogen in Search for all users worldwide, adding more nuanced responses, stronger instruction following and broader language support.
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Google says Gemini 4 Carbon is rolling out first to cyber defenders
Google said Gemini 4 Carbon will first reach a subset of cyber defenders, with broader access to developers, businesses and consumers to follow after further testing and guardrail work.
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Google Cloud adds OpenAI models to its model garden
Google Cloud said it is adding OpenAI models to its model garden and will later make them available in Gemini for business and Google Antigravity, giving enterprise customers more model choices in one platform.
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Google Cloud previews Gemini for government services
Google Cloud said it is previewing Gemini for government services, a package built around government work, agency system connections and governed deployment across public agencies.
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Meta unveils Muse Spark Open, an open-weight multimodal model
Meta released Muse Spark Open, an open-weight mixture-of-experts model that handles text, images, audio and video and generates text from those inputs.
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Android rolls out AI-based scam protection in Google Messages
Android introduces Enhanced protection mode in Google Messages with Scam Detection powered by Private AI Compute and Gemini models, combining on-device checks with cloud analysis to identify scams in conversations and via links.
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Microsoft to expand Azure Maia system to multi-gigawatt deployments
Maia 200 is in production and Maia 300 targets new workloads, as Microsoft plans multi-gigawatt deployments from 2027.
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Google rolls out Gemini 2.0 with agentic features to developers and testers
Google reports Gemini 2.0 introduces agentic capabilities, Deep Research, and a Flash variant for testing, with broader integration planned for Gemini app, Search, and other products.
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Google introduces Playground, an experimental platform for custom games
Google introduced Playground, an experimental gaming platform that lets users create, play and share custom games with prompts instead of code.
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Meta introduces Muse, a secure personal AI agent with a dedicated VM
Meta introduces Muse, a secure personal AI agent running on Muse Secure VM, with Stripe-powered checkout and business connectors, as part of its broader enterprise platform initiatives.
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Synthesia Adds an Interactive Avatar of Its Corporate Affairs Head to Answer Press Questions
Synthesia now sends reporters an AI-generated version of its own spokesperson to answer live questions, using his real voice and likeness, testing how comfortable the press and public are talking to a synthetic stand-in for a real executive.
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