Google AI News & Updates
Google Releases Gemini 3 Foundation Model with Record-Breaking Reasoning Capabilities
Google has launched Gemini 3, its most advanced foundation model to date, available immediately through the Gemini app and AI search interface. The model achieved record-breaking benchmark scores, including 37.4 on Human...
Google Announces $15 Billion AI Infrastructure Investment in India with 1-Gigawatt Data Center Hub
Google is investing $15 billion over five years to build a 1-gigawatt data center and AI hub in Visakhapatnam, India, marking its largest investment outside the U.S. The facility will offer Google's AI infrastructure inc...
Google Launches Data Commons MCP Server for AI Training with Real-World Data Access
Google has released the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, making its vast collection of public datasets accessible to AI systems via natural language queries. This initiative aims to reduce AI hallucinati...
Google and PayPal Partner to Develop AI-Powered Shopping Agents with New Payment Protocol
PayPal and Google announced a multi-year partnership to create AI-powered shopping experiences using Google's AI technology and PayPal's payment infrastructure. The collaboration includes developing Google's new Agent Pa...
Google Launches Agent Payments Protocol for AI-Driven Autonomous Shopping
Google announced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open standard for AI agents to make autonomous purchases on behalf of users, backed by over 60 merchants and financial institutions. The protocol includes safeguards...
Google Avoids Chrome Breakup as Judge Cites AI Competition; Atlassian Invests $610M in Browser Company
A federal judge declined to break up Google's Chrome browser, reasoning that AI rivals could provide sufficient competition to keep the tech giant in check. Meanwhile, Atlassian made a significant $610 million investment...
Apple Considers Google Gemini Partnership to Enhance Siri's AI Capabilities
Apple is reportedly in talks with Google to use Gemini technology for a major Siri revamp, as the company falls behind competitors in AI assistant capabilities. Apple has also approached OpenAI and Anthropic for similar...
Google Launches AI Coding Agent Jules Out of Beta with Tiered Pricing
Google has officially launched its AI coding agent Jules out of beta after two months of public preview, introducing structured pricing tiers and improved stability. Jules is an asynchronous AI tool powered by Gemini 2.5...
Major AI Companies Approved as Federal Government Vendors Under New Contracting Framework
The U.S. government has approved Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic as official AI service vendors for civilian federal agencies through a new contracting platform called Multiple Awards Schedule (MSA). This development follo...
Google Commits to EU AI Code of Practice Despite Concerns Over Regulatory Impact
Google has announced it will sign the European Union's voluntary AI code of practice to comply with the AI Act, despite expressing concerns about potential negative impacts on European AI development. This comes as Meta...