Google AI News & Updates
Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash Shows Safety Regressions Despite Improved Instruction Following
Google has disclosed in a technical report that its recent Gemini 2.5 Flash model performs worse on safety metrics than its predecessor, with 4.1% regression in text-to-text safety and 9.6% in image-to-text safety. The c...
Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro Safety Report Falls Short of Transparency Standards
Google published a technical safety report for its Gemini 2.5 Pro model several weeks after its public release, which experts criticize as lacking critical safety details. The sparse report omits detailed information abo...
Google Adopts Anthropic's Model Context Protocol for AI Data Connectivity
Google has announced it will support Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) in its Gemini models and SDK, following OpenAI's similar adoption. MCP enables two-way connections between AI models and external data sources...
Google Introduces Agentic Capabilities to Gemini Code Assist for Complex Coding Tasks
Google has enhanced its Gemini Code Assist with new agentic capabilities that can complete multi-step programming tasks such as creating applications from product specifications or transforming code between programming l...
Google Launches Gemini 2.5 Flash: Efficiency-Focused AI Model with Reasoning Capabilities
Google has announced Gemini 2.5 Flash, a new AI model designed for efficiency while maintaining strong performance. The model offers dynamic computing controls allowing developers to adjust processing time based on query...
Google Sets Premium Pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro Amid Rising Costs for Top AI Models
Google has announced pricing for its Gemini 2.5 Pro model at $1.25 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, making it Google's most expensive AI offering to date. This pricing, while higher than some c...
Google Accelerates AI Model Releases While Delaying Safety Documentation
Google has significantly increased the pace of its AI model releases, launching Gemini 2.5 Pro just three months after Gemini 2.0 Flash, but has failed to publish safety reports for these latest models. Despite being one...
Google Launches Gemini 2.5 Pro with Advanced Reasoning Capabilities
Google has unveiled Gemini 2.5, a new family of AI models with built-in reasoning capabilities that pauses to "think" before answering questions. The flagship model, Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, outperforms competing AI...
Google to Replace Assistant with Gemini Across All Devices
Google has announced plans to phase out Google Assistant on Android and replace it with Gemini across mobile devices, tablets, cars, and connected accessories over the coming months. The company is enhancing Gemini with...
Google's $3 Billion Investment in Anthropic Reveals Deeper Ties Than Previously Known
Recently obtained court documents reveal Google owns a 14% stake in AI startup Anthropic and plans to invest an additional $750 million this year, bringing its total investment to over $3 billion. While Google lacks voti...