Google is pitching Gemma 4 12B as a multimodal AI model powerful enough for agentic workflows while still being lightweight enough to run locally on consumer laptops with 16GB of memory. The company’s encoder-free design could make this one of its more interesting AI releases yet.
Google is finally giving publishers visibility into how their content performs inside AI Overviews and AI Mode. New Search Console reports reveal impressions, pages, devices, and countries tied to generative AI features, while new controls let site owners opt out entirely.
A new security audit claims several popular AI image generation models, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok, can produce realistic fake passports and driver licenses. Researchers say some systems even generated IDs depicting minors.
A new report claims only 8 percent of organizations fully understand the true cost of serving AI features. As GPU bills rise and pricing models remain messy, the AI industry may be running into a profitability problem nobody wants to discuss.
As a Catholic tech journalist, I found Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical on AI surprisingly thoughtful, unsettling, and very relevant to today’s tech world.
A new report says Big Tech and AI firms may generate up to $831,497 from the lifetime data of a single American user, raising fresh privacy concerns.
XREAL and Google finally pulled back the curtain on Project Aura at Google I/O 2026, showing lightweight Android XR glasses powered by Gemini AI and Qualcomm Snapdragon hardware.
Google DeepMind is launching an AI for the Planet accelerator in Asia Pacific, but the initiative also raises uncomfortable questions about Silicon Valley influence and dependency on American tech companies.
Googlebook is Google’s new AI-focused laptop platform that combines Android, ChromeOS, and Gemini into one heavily connected experience.
Google is investing $10 million into REPLIQA, a new effort combining quantum computing, AI, and biology research to better understand human health and disease.
Google and Apple are finally enabling encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone users, helping modern texting become more secure.
Google Chrome on Android now supports approximate location sharing, letting users avoid exposing precise GPS data while still keeping websites functional.