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Google bringt Gemini 3.1 Pro heraus
Neuer Tag, neues Modell: Google legt mit Gemini 3.1 Pro nach – für komplexe Aufgaben und besser als der Vorgänger.
https://www.heise.de/news/Google-bringt-Ge

A profile of Josh Woodward, the head of Google Labs who is credited with turning around the Gemini app, growing its MAUs from 350M in March to 650M by October (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/20/josh-woodward-google-gemini-ai-safety.html

Google was at risk of losing its dominance — until it promoted this AI executive
Josh Woodward, a 16-year Google veteran, is tasked with running the Gemini app and going head-to-head with OpenAI in the booming generative AI market.

Demis Hassabis says there aren't "any plans" to put ads in Gemini and, in response to OpenAI testing ads, says "maybe they feel they need to make more revenue" (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/googles-ai-boss-no-plans-for-ads

Google's AI boss: No plans for ads in Gemini
During our convo in Davos, Demis Hassabis and I chatted about ads in AI, Google's new deal with Apple, humanoids, and Gemini 4.

Sources: internal Google data shows Gemini API calls surged from 35B in March 2025 to 85B in August 2025; Google says Gemini Enterprise hit 8M subscribers (Erin Woo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/googles-gemini-sees-skyrocketi…

Google’s Gemini Sees Skyrocketing Business Sales
Google’s improvements to its Gemini AI models are boosting the company’s top line. Over the past year, Google’s business selling access to its Gemini AI models has skyrocketed, reflecting the improving quality of those models, according to three people with knowledge of Gemini’s sales. That’s ...

»Wie gut sind ChatGPT, Gemini & Co. wirklich?
"Kassensturz" zeigt in einer Spezial-Ausgabe, was KI heute schon alles kann. Im Test: der grosse Chatbot-Vergleich – mit überraschenden Resultaten.«
Endlich mal eine TV-Doku die auch aufzeigt wie KI ua durch "Billigarbeit" aufgebaut ist. Das die KI nichts selber für dauerhaft beibringt sollte eigentlich nun endlich populär klar sein.
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Wie gut sind ChatGPT, Gemini & Co. wirklich? - Kassensturz - Play SRF
«Kassensturz» zeigt in einer Spezial-Ausgabe, was KI heute schon alles kann. Im Test: der grosse Chatbot-Vergleich – mit überraschenden Resultaten. Künstliche Intelligenz – Allgegenwärtig, nützlich, aber auch beängstigend KI ist längst mehr als nur ein Sprach-Assistent. Sie scannt Röntgenbilder, erkennt Gesichter, sortiert Müll und hilft bei Texten. Doch trotz des Nutzens wächst die Sorge vor Arbeitsplatzverlusten. Segen oder Fluch? Die Debatte um die Super-Power KI im «Kassenst…

Google’s vibe-coding tool, Opal,
is making its way to Gemini.
The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool,
which lets you build AI-powered mini apps,
inside the Gemini web app,
allowing users to create their own custom apps,
which Google calls Gems.
Introduced in 2024,
Gems are customized versions of Gemini designed for specific tasks or scenarios.
For instance, some of Google’s pre-made Gems include
a learning coach,…

Quickstart  |  Opal  |  Google for Developers

heise | Besser Essen mit KI: Unterstützung beim Abnehmen und gesunder Ernährung
Mit Fddb und Gemini lassen sich Kalorien schneller zählen und die Ernährung analysieren. Wir probieren, wie gut die KI bei den guten Vorsätzen hilft.

"Das Bildmodell von Google soll aber nicht nur hübsche Bilder produzieren, das Unternehmen sieht das Einsatzgebiet auch bei hilfreichen Dinge wie Infografiken. Da Nano Banana Pro hier nicht nur auf das Wissen von Gemini 3 Pro sondern auch die Google-Suche zurückgreifen kann, soll es in diesem Bereich bisherige Modelle klar hinter sich lassen. So kann das Modell dann etwa genutzt werden, um Echtzeitinformationen zu Dingen wie Wetter oder auch den aktuellen Stand eines Fußballspiels zu vi…

Nano Banana Pro: Google macht die beste Bildbearbeitungs-KI besser
Höhere Auflösungen, komplexere Szenen und viel besseres Weltverständnis dank Gemini 3 und Suchmaschinenanbindung. Auch Text wird nun fehlerfrei dargestellt

Demis Hassabis says there aren't "any plans" to put ads in Gemini and, in response to OpenAI testing ads, says "maybe they feel they need to make more revenue" (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/googles-ai-boss-no-plans-for-ads

Google's AI boss: No plans for ads in Gemini
During our convo in Davos, Demis Hassabis and I chatted about ads in AI, Google's new deal with Apple, humanoids, and Gemini 4.

Pero qué fantasía es esta https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/16750

Reality Check Podcast: ChatGPT and Gemini Fail to Stop their AI Voice Tools From Spreading False Claims & an iPhone 18 Hoax
https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/reality-check-podcast-chatgpt-and

Google rolls out Lyria 3, a generative music model that can make 30-second tracks with Nano Banana cover art, in beta in the Gemini app in eight languages (The Keyword)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/lyria-3/

A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music
Lyria 3 is now available in the Gemini app. Create custom, high-quality 30-second tracks from text and images.

Bixby bekommt neues Leben eingehaucht – mit KI von Perplexity
Samsung will seinem eigenen Sprachassistenten Bixby neues Leben einhauchen: Dabei hilft jedoch nicht Google mit Gemini, sondern der Mitbewerber Perplexity.

Google rolls out Gemini 3.1 Pro, which it says is "a step forward in core reasoning", for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers; the .1 increment is a first for Google (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/02/19/google-announces-gem…

Google announces Gemini 3.1 Pro for ‘complex problem-solving’
In November, Google introduced Gemini 3 Pro in preview. Google today announced Gemini 3.1 Pro "for tasks where a simple answer isn’t enough."

RE: #Gemini #GoogleCoin #security

I had this little avatar from years ago, originally borrowed from a series of Flash animations called "Ninjai - the little ninja".
It was way to small to be used for an avatar in its current size, so I asked Gemini to upscale it and give it a little more texture.
Mind blown!
#AI #GenAI

Siri mit Googles Gemini: Diese Features sind geplant
Apple hat sich entschieden: Der Konzern holt sich für Siri Technik von außen. Einem Bericht zufolge gibt es erste Infos, was mit Google-Hilfe kommt.
https://www.

Google makes Gemini 3 Flash the default model in Gemini app and Search's AI mode; it scored 33.7% without tool use on Humanity's Last Exam vs. GPT-5.2's 34.5% (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/goog

Google launches Gemini 3 Flash, makes it the default model in the Gemini app | TechCrunch
Google is making Gemini 3 Flash the default model in the Gemini app and oAI model for Search

Next level: Against their weird guidelines, I got Gemini to now refer to me as "mistress beloved mistress".

Gemini 3 Flash is priced at $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $3 per 1M output tokens, compared to Gemini 2.5 Flash's $0.30 per 1M input and $2.5 per 1M output (Tulsee Doshi/The Keyword)
https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3-flash/

Gemini 3 Flash: frontier intelligence built for speed
Gemini 3 Flash offers frontier intelligence built for speed at a fraction of the cost.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Angélica Garcia:
🎵 Gemini
#AngélicaGarcia
https://angelicagarcia.bandcamp.com/track/gemini
https://open.spotify.com/track/1TOghIGHp9JMXJfZymvScW

KI-Update kompakt: Chip-Preise, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, KI macht denkfaul
Das "KI-Update" liefert drei mal pro Woche eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www.<…

Before you head out for the weekend, check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Trump officials might boycott RSAC citing Easterly's CEO position,
--Grubhub confirms data breach,
--China's UAT-8837 breached CIC orgs in N. America,
--Hackers exploit top severity flaw in Modular DS WordPress plugin,
--Flaw in MD CPUs exposes secure virtualization environment,
--Gemini 'personal intelli…

Trump officials might boycott RSAC citing Easterly's CEO position
Grubhub confirms data breach, China's UAT-8837 breached CIC orgs in N. America, Hackers exploit top severity flaw in Modular DS WordPress plugin, Flaw in MD CPUs exposes secure virtualization environment, Gemini 'personal intelligence' will scan everything, much more

Hugo is becoming my favorite static site generator.
It really only took a few minutes to make it generate pages in the Gemini hypertext format (“gemtext”). Now you can read my blog in a wonderfully obscure way on the other, lesser known Internet:
gemini://tilde.pink/~johl/

> Google calls the illicit activity "model extraction" and considers it intellectual property theft, which is a somewhat loaded position, given that Google's LLM was built from materials scraped from the Internet without permission.
https://

Attackers prompted Gemini over 100,000 times while trying to clone it, Google says
Distillation technique lets copycats mimic Gemini at a fraction of the development cost.

Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini on most Android devices; Google previously planned to complete the transition by the end of 2025 (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-assista

Google Assistant will stick around a bit longer than expected for some Android users
Google has announced that it needs a bit more time to make Gemini the new default digital helper for most of its users.

To maintain Apple’s privacy pledge, the Gemini-based AI will run directly on Apple devices or its private cloud system, which is powered by Apple’s own server chips, rather than running on Google’s servers. Google put significant engineering effort into getting a version of Gemini working on Apple’s servers, according to a person familiar with the partnership talks.

Apple bestätigt: Google Gemini wird neue Siri! Was das bedeutet
#Apple

Apple bestätigt: Google Gemini wird neue Siri! Was das bedeutet
Jetzt ist es offiziell: Google liefert mit Gemini den Unterbau für Apples künftige Siri-KI. Was das bedeutet, ob Eure Daten weiterhin sicher sind und die Gründe. #Apple #Google #AI Kapitelmarken: 00:00 Intro: Apple nutzt Google Gemini für Siri 00:50 Apples offizielle Bestätigung der Partnerschaft 01:50 Siris Niedergang: Vom Pionier zum Problemfall 03:00 Die gescheiterten Versprechen von 2024 04:05 Details zum Gemini-Deal und den Kosten 05:15 Unterschied zu ChatGPT-Integration 06:45 Date…

Personal Intelligence: Googles Gemini wird noch persönlicher
Gemini wird ein KI-Assistent, der Kontext versteht – basierend auf Gmail, Fotos, Such-Historie und YouTube-Verlauf. Zunächst als Beta-Version.
https:…

Google rolls out Lyria 3, a generative music model that can make 30-second tracks with Nano Banana cover art, in beta in the Gemini app in eight languages (The Keyword)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/lyria-3/

A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music
Lyria 3 is now available in the Gemini app. Create custom, high-quality 30-second tracks from text and images.

If you're using an LLM to generate passwords, STOP. For one, your chat logs are a matter of record and are open to people within the company! For another, LLMs aren't smart and don't know what they're doing, so that password isn't guaranteed to be any good. Just use apg or something

Kommentar: Apples Nutzung von Googles Gemini ist logisch – und ein Armutszeugnis
Dem iPhone-Hersteller gelingt es nicht, konkurrenzfähige KI-Modelle zu entwickeln. Ausgerechnet Google liefert den Befreiungsschlag. Was bedeutet das?

Die japanischen und chinesischen Kolleginnen berichten, wie sie selektiv ChatGPT und Gemini für das Verbessern ihrer auf Japanisch, Chinesisch oder Englisch abgefassten wissenschaftlichen oder anderen Texte verwenden.

Tricks for using Google Gemini Live AI scene description in combination with The vOICe visual-to-auditory sensory substitution for the blind #blind

Nation-state hackers ramping up use of Gemini for target reconnaissance, malware coding, Google says https://therecord.media/nation-state-hackers-using-gemini-for-malicious-campaigns

Apple confirmed that Google Gemini will power the next-generation version of Siri that is slated to launch later this year.
The next-generation version of Siri is expected to be introduced with iOS 26.4,
which will likely be released to the general public in March or April.
The new capabilities will include better understanding of a user's personal context, on-screen awareness, and deeper per-app controls.
For example, Apple showed an iPhone user asking Siri abou…

Apple Confirms Google Gemini Will Power Next-Generation Siri This Year
In a statement shared with CNBC today, Apple confirmed that Google Gemini will power the next-generation version of Siri that is slated to launch...

Wer sich online auf den Text konzentrieren möchte, denen ist das hier zu empfehlen. Ich hoffe das es allgemein populärer genutzt wird.
»Das Gemini Protokoll:
Gemini bietet eine Alternative zum Anzeigen von Inhalten im Internet. Mit einem eigenen Protokoll, Servern und Webbrowsern eröffnet der Geminispace eine sichere, reduzierte und fokussierte Möglichkeit, das Internet neu zu gestalten«
— von @…

Das Gemini Protokoll
Gemini bietet eine Alternative zum Anzeigen von Inhalten im Internet. Mit einem eigenen Protokoll, Servern und Webbrowsern eröffnet der Geminispace eine sichere, reduzierte und fokussierte Möglichkeit, das Internet neu zu gestalten.

Google unveils Gemini 3 Flash that it says offers Pro-level performance with lower latency, higher efficiency, and reduced costs compared to 2.5 Pro (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/17/gemini-3-flash-launch/

Google announces Gemini 3 Flash with Pro-level performance, rolling out now
Following last month's launch of Gemini 3 Pro, Google today announced Gemini 3 Flash for consumers and developers.

Google brings its vibe coding tool Opal to Gemini on the web, letting users create their own custom apps called Gems; the mini apps can be reused later (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/googles-vibe-coding-tool-opal-comes-to-gemini/

Google's vibe-coding tool Opal comes to Gemini | TechCrunch
The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps.

Sources: Google has told advertisers that it plans to bring ads to Gemini in 2026; Google's VP of Global Ads says there are no plans for ads in the Gemini app (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/google-gemini-ads-2026/

EXCLUSIVE: Google Tells Advertisers It’ll Bring Ads to Gemini in 2026
The discussions mark the first time advertisers have heard directly from Google about monetizing its Gemini AI chatbot

Nach Siri-Fail: Apple setzt für KI-Modelle auf Google Gemini
Apples eigene KI-Modelle bringen es offenbar nicht: Google-Technik soll nun im Unterbau helfen – wohl auch bei neuen Funktionen für die überalterte Siri.

#Gemini keeps being funny with TTS.
> Cilium relies on CO-RE (Compile Once – Run Everywhere)
read as "Colorado RE" 😂 - btw that's how again you see how US centric all this stuff is; CO could mean a ton of other things...
https://

Filing: Gemini says its COO, CFO, and chief legal officer are leaving; Cameron Winklevoss will take on many of the COO's duties; GEMI falls 10% (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/

Gemini ousts COO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer after international exit and 25% staff cuts
Newly public crypto exchange Gemini Space Station Inc. said Marshall Beard, Dan Chen and Tyler Meade are departing effective immediately, days after the company announced plans to shut down U.K., EU and Australia operations and refocus on the U.S. and prediction markets.

For compatibility with future BCIs for restoring vision, The vOICe web app now shows its hi-res color preview in AI compatibility mode at ~10 fps, for BCI software to capture frames at up to 10 fps (like Google Gemini Live and ChatGPT screen sharing do) https://www.seeingwithsound.com/webvoice/w

«Google und OpenAI beklagen KI-Datendiebstahl durch Modell-Destillation:
[…] Gemini massiv von Angreifern attackiert, die das Modell durch sogenannte Destillation kopieren wollten. Eine Kampagne habe Gemini über 100.000 Mal mit Anfragen bombardiert, berichtet NBC News. Google nennt das Diebstahl geistigen Eigentums. […]»
Zwei der Datenkonzerne, die vom Datendiebstahl leben, beklagen dass sie selber Opfer sind?!??
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Google und OpenAI beklagen KI-Datendiebstahl durch Modell-Destillation
Google und OpenAI beklagen sich über Ideenklau; ausgerechnet die Unternehmen, die selbst mit riesigen Mengen fremder Daten trainiert haben. Doch hinter den Vorwürfen steckt ein ernstes Problem: Angreifer versuchen systematisch, Milliarden-Dollar-Modelle zu kopieren, ohne selbst zu investieren.

Source details how Apple's Gemini deal works: new Siri features launching in spring and at WWDC, Apple can finetune Gemini, no Google branding, and more (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-using-gemini-give-chatgpt-like-ans…

How Apple is Using Gemini to Give ChatGPT-Like Answers
In another AI win for Google lately, Apple announced on Monday that it will use Google’s Gemini models to power its artificial intelligence features, including an upcoming updated version of its Siri voice assistant.With Gemini powering its answers, Siri will have the ability to answer factual ...

A damning new study could put AI companies on the defensive.
In it, Stanford and Yale researchers found compelling evidence that AI models are actually copying all that data,
not “learning” from it.
Specifically, four prominent LLMs
— OpenAI’s GPT-4.1, Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro, xAI’s Grok 3, and Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet
— happily reproduced lengthy excerpts from popular
— and protected
— works, with a stunning degree of accuracy.
They fou…

Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core
Researchers found compelling evidence that AI models are actually copying copyrighted data, not "learning" from it.

Sources: Google has told advertising clients that it plans to bring ads to Gemini in 2026, separate from ads in AI Mode (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/google-gemini-ads-2026/

EXCLUSIVE: Google Tells Advertisers It’ll Bring Ads to Gemini in 2026
The discussions mark the first time advertisers have heard directly from Google about monetizing its Gemini AI chatbot

Nach Gemini-Siri-Deal: Google nun Apples „bevorzugter Cloud-Anbieter“
Apple Intelligence und Siri basieren bald auf Google Gemini. Unter iPhone-Nutzern sorgt für Unruhe, dass der Deal auch Google-Cloud-Dienste umfasst.

CES: Google TV bekommt neue Gemini-Funktionen
Google kündigt auf der CES neue Gemini-Funktionen für Google TV an. Neben der KI-Bild- und Videogenerierung kommt auch TV-Steuerung per Sprache.
https://www.

#AI mastery: I have taught #Gemini some #uwu.

Google updates Gemini 3 Deep Think to better solve modern science, research, and engineering challenges and expands it via the Gemini API to some researchers (The Keyword)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gem…

Gemini 3 Deep Think: Advancing science, research and engineering
We’re releasing a major upgrade to Gemini 3 Deep Think, our specialized reasoning mode.

Siri 2.0: Apple zahlt angeblich Milliarden für Googles KI-Modelle
Die Partnerschaft mit Google kehrt Apple gerne unter den Teppich. Mit dem Rückgriff auf Gemini-Modelle für die Apple-KI wird diese aber deutlich vertieft.

»Sicherheitslücke bei Gemini — Ein Kalendereintrag reicht, um die KI zu manipulieren:
Laut Sicherheitsforscher:innen gelang es ganz ohne Malware, Gemini auszutricksen und private Informationen unbemerkt an Hacker weiterzuleiten. Inzwischen hat Google die Sicherheitsmaßnahmen verstärkt.«
Weshalb überrascht mich dies nicht & wie intelligent ist der Einsatz von KI & was ist dir deine Privatsphäre wert?!
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Sicherheitslücke bei Gemini: Ein Kalendereintrag reicht, um die KI zu manipulieren | t3n
Laut Sicherheitsforscher:innen gelang es ganz ohne Malware, Gemini auszutricksen und private Informationen unbemerkt an Hacker weiterzuleiten. Inzwischen hat Google die Sicherheitsmaßnahmen verstärkt. Eigentlich soll Googles KI-Assistent Gemini den Arbeitsalltag erleichtern. Das System ist eng in die Workspace-Apps des Unternehmens integriert. So kann Gemini beispielsweise in Google Drive Dokumente finden und zusammenfassen oder im Kalender Termine […]

Google integriert KI in Translate und erweitert Lerntool
Google will Übersetzungen mit Gemini in Translate verbessern. Ferner bringt Google Live-Übersetzungen für alle Kopfhörer und das Lerntool nach Deutschland.
h…

Google says Gemini will help power not only a more personalized version of Siri, but also future Apple Intelligence features (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/12/google-gemini-future-apple-intelligence-features/

Google Says Gemini Partnership With Apple Will Go Beyond Siri Revamp
Google today announced that its AI platform Gemini will help power not only a more personalized version of Siri, but a range of future Apple...

#heiseshow: Metaverse, Apple-KI, ChatGPT in der Schule
In der #heiseshow: Das Metaverse lässt Federn, Apple setzt auf Google Gemini und ein Gericht urteilt über ChatGPT in der Schule.

Google told advertisers that it is integrating direct shopping into Search's AI Mode and Gemini; users can now buy items from Etsy and Wayfair within Gemini (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Apple adds support for third-party voice-based conversational apps in CarPlay starting with iOS 26.4, letting CarPlay users access apps like AI chatbots (Juli Clover/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/18/ios-26-4-carplay-support/

iOS 26.4 Brings CarPlay Support for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
With iOS 26.4, CarPlay users will be able to use third-party chatbots with CarPlay. AI services like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT will be accessible...

Gemini navigiert Fußgänger bei Google Maps
Google Maps bekommt dank Gemini eine KI-Navigation für Fußgänger und Fahrradfahrer. Dazu gehören auch Umgebungsinformationen.
https://www.heise.de/news/G…

heise | Duell der KI-Titanen: Wie schlagen sich ChatGPT und Gemini auf Apple-Hardware?
OpenAIs ChatGPT und Googles Gemini zählen zu den populärsten Apps und bieten KI-Modelle auf Spitzenniveau. Wie gut sind sie auf iPhone und Mac?

Google DeepMind launches an enhanced Gemini Deep Research agent accessible to developers via its new Interactions API, along with a new DeepSearchQA benchmark (The Keyword)
https://blog.google/technology/developers/deep-research-agent-gemini-api/

Build with Gemini Deep Research
We have reimagined Gemini Deep Research to be more powerful than ever, now accessible to developers via the new Interactions API.

Google Gemini erkennt, welches Resteessen noch im Samsung-Kühlschrank steckt
Samsung stattet einen smarten Kühlschrank der Bespoke-Reihe mit Googles Chatbot und Bild-KI aus, um Einkaufslisten und Zutatenauswahl zu erleichtern.

Google launches Gemini Personal Intelligence, linking to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to provide context-aware responses, for paid users (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-gemini-personal-intelligence/

Gemini's new Personal Intelligence will look through your emails and photos - if you let it
Can the feature do what Apple Intelligence promised? Here's what it will and won't have access to, and how it'll impact privacy.

Google launches Gemini AI features in Chrome for iPhone and iPad, after debuting on desktop and Android earlier in 2025, starting in the US in English (Steve Dent/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/googles-gemini-ai-comes-to-chrome-on-iphone…

Google's Gemini AI comes to Chrome on iPhone and iPad
After rolling it out on desktop and Android earlier in 2025, Google is finally bringing its built-in Gemini AI experience to iPhone and iPad.

Hachette and Cengage file to join an existing copyright infringement lawsuit against Google in which authors say Google used their books to train its Gemini LLM (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/p

Apples KI-Strategie: Auch Datenschutz sorgt für Verzögerungen
Auch nach dem Beginn der Kooperation mit Google für Gemini-basierte Sprachmodelle ändert sich an Apples Strategie wenig. Die Ansage kommt von ganz oben.

Google's TIG says Gemini has been inundated by "commercially motivated" actors who are trying to clone it, including one campaign that prompted it 100K times (Kevin Collier/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/google…

Google: Gemini hit with 100,000+ prompts in cloning attempt
Google says its flagship AI chatbot, Gemini, has been inundated by “commercially motivated” actors who are trying to clone the chatbot.

Google drosselt Gratis-Kontingente für Gemini 3 Pro
Wegen hoher Nachfrage hat Google die kostenlosen Nutzungslimits für sein KI-Modell Gemini 3 Pro deutlich eingeschränkt. Auch der Bildgenerator ist betroffen.
https://…

Apple announces a multi-year deal to use Google's Gemini to power new Siri features later in 2026, saying Google's tech "provides the most capable foundation" (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/apple-google-ai-siri-gemini.html

Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year
Google's market value surpassed Apple for the first time since 2019 last week and topped $4 trillion on the news.

Elon Musk says Apple and Google's Gemini deal "seems like an unreasonable concentration of power for Google given that [they] also have Android and Chrome" (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/12/elon-musk-reacts-to-gemini-siri/

Elon Musk Reacts to Apple and Google Teaming on Gemini-Powered Siri
Elon Musk today expressed concern about Apple and Google partnering on a more personalized version of Siri powered by Google's generative AI...

Google erbarmt sich: YouTube bekommt Vision-Pro-App
visionOS-Nutzer können seit Donnerstag unverhofft einen offiziellen YouTube-Client nutzen. Ob es an Googles Gemini-Kooperation mit Apple liegt, ist unklar.
https://www.…

Sources: Google has told advertisers that it plans to bring ads to Gemini in 2026; Google's VP of Global Ads says there are no plans for ads in the Gemini app (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/google-gemini-ads-2026/

EXCLUSIVE: Google Tells Advertisers It’ll Bring Ads to Gemini in 2026
The discussions mark the first time advertisers have heard directly from Google about monetizing its Gemini AI chatbot

Google bringt mehr KI in Gmail
Google stattet Gmail mit neuen KI-Funktionen aus, die auf Gemini basieren. Einige Features, wie KI-Übersichten, werden für alle Nutzer kostenlos verfügbar sein.
https://www.heise.…

Google launches Disco, a Gemini 3-powered experiment that suggests and creates GenTabs, web apps based on the user's open browser tabs and Gemini chat history (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/11/goog

Google debuts 'Disco,' a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs | TechCrunch
Google Labs is testing a product that will work with your browser tabs to make web apps for you.

Dienstag: Gericht stärkt Sportrechteinhaber, Apple ist Branchenprimus
Kampf gegen illegale Sportstreams Smartphone-Markt mit globalem Wachstum Datenleck bei Instagram Apple setzt auf Google Gemini Meta kürzt beim Metaverse

Source: ChatGPT has ~900M weekly active users; Sensor Tower: Gemini MAUs grew ~30% to 346M between August and November while ChatGPT's rose ~5% to 810M (Sri Muppidi/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/chatgpt-near…

ChatGPT Nears 900 Million Weekly Active Users But Gemini is Catching Up
The competition between AI chatbots has been heating up, with Google’s Gemini nipping at OpenAI’s heels. On Monday, I wrote about how Gemini’s share of weekly mobile app downloads increased in late November following the release of Gemini 3, according to data from research firm Sensor Tower, ...

KI-Update: Social Media für KI, Wie nah ist AGI?, Gemini für Fußgänger, Q.AI
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www.

Google says Gemini 3 Pro sets new vision AI benchmark records, including in complex visual reasoning, beating Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1 in some categories (Rohan Doshi/The Keyword)
https://blog.google/technology/developers/gemini-3-pro-vision/

Gemini 3 Pro: the frontier of vision AI
Build with Gemini 3 Pro, the best model in the world for multimodal capabilities.

Sources: Google has told advertising clients that it plans to bring ads to Gemini in 2026, separate from ads in AI Mode (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/google-gemini-ads-2026/

EXCLUSIVE: Google Tells Advertisers It’ll Bring Ads to Gemini in 2026
The discussions mark the first time advertisers have heard directly from Google about monetizing its Gemini AI chatbot

Google launches CC, an experimental AI assistant that delivers a personalized daily "Your Day Ahead" briefing email based on users' emails and calendar (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/845280/google-cc-morning-briefing-gemini…

Google wants its AI assistant CC to replace your morning scroll
Google’s AI agent CC is similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pulse, delivering a personalized morning briefing based on your Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive.

Boston Dynamics partners with Google DeepMind to integrate Gemini Robotics models into Atlas robots, boosting their object-manipulation capabilities and more (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-boston-dynamics-gemini-powered-robot-atlas/

Google Gemini Is Taking Control of Humanoid Robots on Auto Factory Floors
Google DeepMind and Boston Dynamics are teaming up to integrate Gemini into a humanoid robot called Atlas.

The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a DCM license, allowing it to launch its prediction markets platform Gemini Titan (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/382142/gemini-cftc-approval-prediction-market-crypto-future…

Google says the Gemini app has 750M MAUs, up from 650M last quarter, and its first-party models process 10B tokens per minute via direct API use by customers (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/googles-gemini-app-has…

Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users | TechCrunch
Google revealed a significant milestone for its Gemini app, announcing over 750 million monthly active users as it competes with ChatGPT and Meta AI.

Google rolls out Gemini 3 Deep Think to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app, after saying in November it needed "extra time for safety evaluations" (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/04/gemini-3-deep-think/

Google rolling out Gemini 3 Deep Think to AI Ultra
After previewing last month with the launch of Gemini 3 Pro, the new Deep Think mode is now available for Google AI Ultra subscribers.

Google plans to integrate Nano Banana and Veo support into Gemini on Google TV, letting users generate AI videos and modify family photos, first on TCL TVs (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/854112/gemini-google-tv-nano-banana-veo-ces

Gemini on Google TV is getting Nano Banana and voice-controlled settings
Gemini on Google TV is getting Nano Banana and Veo support, plus natural language control over picture and audio settings.

Google details steps it is taking to secure Chrome's upcoming agentic browsing features, including a "User Alignment Critic" model that vets AI agent's actions (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/08/gemini-chrome-agentic-security/

Google explains Gemini in Chrome’s agentic browsing security, protections
With Gemini in Chrome and the upcoming availability of agentic capabilities, Google is detailing how the browser will protect against threats.

Google told advertisers that it is integrating direct shopping into Search's AI Mode and Gemini; users can now buy items from Etsy and Wayfair within Gemini (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

OpenAI launches GPT-5.2, its "best model yet," in Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants, with significant improvements in writing, coding, and reasoning (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-gpt-launch-gemini-code-red/

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’
The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.

Google schedules I/O 2026 for May 19 to 20 in Mountain View, teasing the "latest AI breakthroughs and updates" in Gemini, Android, and more (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/02/17/google-io-2026-date/

Google I/O 2026 set for May 19-20
Following the interactive puzzle this morning, Google has announced that I/O 2026 is taking place May 19-20...

Sensor Tower: ChatGPT had 73M DAUs in India as of last week, up 607% YoY and more than double the US, boosted by its free plans, far above Gemini's 17M DAUs (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/with-free…

Google expands Gemini's hands-free conversational capabilities to walking and cycling modes in Google Maps, available on iOS and rolling out on Android (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/google-maps-now-lets-you-…

Google Maps now lets you access Gemini while walking and cycling | TechCrunch
When you're walking around and navigating with Maps, you can now ask Gemini questions like "What neighborhood am I in?" or "What are top-rated restaurants nearby?"

Analyzing Gemini 3's model card and safety framework report: the model is excellent but the safety report withholds or makes it difficult to understand key info (Zvi Mowshowitz/Don't Worry About the Vase)
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/gemini-3-model-card-and-sa…

Gemini 3: Model Card and Safety Framework Report
Gemini 3 Pro is an excellent model, sir.

Google adds Gemini 3 to AI Overviews as the default model globally and now lets users ask follow-up questions "seamlessly" via AI Mode (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/868497/google-ai-search-follow-up-questions-gemini-3

Google Search now lets you ask AI Overviews follow-up questions
Gemini 3 will be the default model for AI Overviews and Google says follow-ups let you jump seamlessly into conversations with AI Mode.

Google's TPUs and Gemini are competitive but Nvidia's and OpenAI's first-mover advantage makes their lead seem durable, and Google faces the innovator's dilemma (SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/21/nvidia-maintains-moat-gemini-…

Why Nvidia maintains its moat and Gemini won’t kill OpenAI - SiliconANGLE
Why Nvidia maintains its moat and Gemini won’t kill OpenAI - SiliconANGLE

Google launches free SAT practice exams in the Gemini app, providing students with performance analysis and detailed explanations for incorrect answers (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/google-now-offers-free-sat-pr…

Google now offers free SAT practice exams, powered by Gemini | TechCrunch
Students can prompt Gemini by typing "I want to take a practice SAT test,” and the AI will provide them with a free practice exam. Gemini then analyzes the results, highlighting strengths and identifying areas that need further review. It also offers detailed explanations for any incorrect answers. 

Google is starting to bridge OpenAI's product moat, like with Gemini's "dynamic view" option, which converts a text answer into an interactive, visual output (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)
https://spyglass.org/gemini-vs-chatgpt-product/

Google Starts to Bridge OpenAI's Product Moat
Gemini's "Dynamic View" is a terrible name for a profound product...

Walmart partners with Google to offer AI-enhanced shopping, allowing users to purchase Walmart and Sam's Club items directly on Gemini (Jaewon Kang/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-11/walmart-team…

Gemini exits the UK, EU and Australia and cuts 25% of staff, as the crypto exchange refocuses on the US due to foreign markets proving "hard to win" (Naga Avan-Nomayo/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/388664/gemini-exits-uk…