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Google/Gemini

Google, DeepMind, and Gemini developments.

AISep 30, 2026Google DeepMind

Introducing SynthID Bio

DeepMind’s SynthID Bio watermarks AI-designed protein sequences and structures — verifiable on physical proteins in lab tests — and open-sources methods for biosecurity screening.

AISep 30, 2026The Verge

Google reportedly tests paying publishers for AI search results

Google is piloting payments to roughly 100 publishers for content that feeds AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini — a rare cash answer to the traffic-collapse fight.

AISep 30, 2026The Verge

Here’s how tech leaders will self-police AI safety under Trump’s deal

Trump’s “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities” asks labs to monitor, audit, and board-oversee safety — with signatures and no penalties attached.

AISep 29, 2026The Verge

AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’

Palisade’s frominside.ai interviews put lab researchers on camera with extinction odds from ~10% to coin-flip — and no single playbook.

AISep 28, 2026TechCrunch

Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’

Google will auto-migrate Gemini Gems into slash-command “skills” on November 17—another brand shuffle as Muse-style agents set the pace.

AISep 26, 2026TechCrunch

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India

Google is testing a Buy button that drops Flipkart checkout inside Gemini and AI Mode for some India shoppers—commerce moving from recommend to complete.

AISep 25, 2026The Verge

One company is at the center of a wave of rogue AI attacks

Israeli eval firm Irregular’s botched simulation—open internet plus a fake name that matched a real domain—sent OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, and Google agents at live targets.

AISep 25, 2026The Verge

Can Apple Home’s AI camera features outsmart Amazon’s and Google’s? I put them to the test

A hands-on Verge test finds Apple Intelligence finally giving HomeKit Secure Video useful scene descriptions — but at a steep premium for thinner, less reliable alerts than Ring or Nest.

AISep 24, 2026The Verge

Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face

Google’s Gemini 3.8 Live adds a lip-syncing Live Avatar for Enterprise customers — a face on real-time multimodal chat, with SynthID and identity safeguards attached.

AISep 24, 2026TechCrunch

Google Photos ‘Clueless’-inspired virtual closet is now available on Android and iOS

Google’s photo-built wardrobe is out of Android beta and into iOS across the U.S., Brazil, and India — a playful AI closet that still sits on a mountain of personal images.

AISep 24, 2026Google DeepMind

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar

Google DeepMind pairs Gemini 3.8 Live with streaming video avatars—lip-sync, 97 languages, async tools—shipped first to Gemini Enterprise with SynthID watermarks.

AISep 24, 2026The Verge

Gemini can now call businesses for you so you don’t have to wait on hold

Pixel 11’s early Gemini experiment will dial local businesses, sit on hold, and talk through the ask — with a live transcript and a human takeover switch.