Follows Google's AI moves beyond its flagship models, from search and cloud security to open-weight releases and agent payment standards.
Gemini tests in-chat checkout in India, buying Flipkart products right from the AI dialog
Gemini has put a "Buy" button right inside the AI chat in India. On September 27, 2026, TechCrunch first reported that Google is testing a new feature...
SAFA AI Safety Standards Body in the Works as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Bypass Government Oversight
SAFA — tentatively named the Standards Authority for Frontier AI — surfaced on September 24 in a report by The Information: OpenAI, Anthropic and Goog...
Gemini 4 Enters Early Post-Training, Google's New DeepMind Chief Promises Launch Well Before Year-End
Gemini 4 is entering "early post-training," and Google wants to release it "much earlier" than the end of the year. The news came from Koray Kavukcuog...
Hackers Are Poisoning AI Search: ChatGPT and Gemini Answers Stuffed With Scam Phone Numbers
In September 2026, security researcher Ariel Simon and his team published a study called "Dark Sourcery" on Medium: hackers are using "generative engi...
TPU Chips Head to Space Next Week: Google's First Orbital Test of AI Chips
On September 24, 2026, Google announced on its official blog, The Keyword, that a prototype satellite carrying its homegrown TPU chips will launch nex...
Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS: Design a Voice With a Single Sentence
On September 23, 2026, Google DeepMind announced on its official blog Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS, calling them the most expressive audio ...
Antigravity SDK Adds Local Model Support: Agents That Run Fully Offline
On September 23, 2026, Google announced on its official developers blog that the Antigravity SDK now supports local model workflows, launching with Ge...
YouTube Unveils New AI Creator Tools: Gemini Edits Your Shorts, and AI Moderates Your Comments
On September 23, 2026, YouTube unveiled a batch of new AI features at its annual Made on YouTube event in New York City, spanning creation, channel op...