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Google/Gemini

Google, DeepMind, and Gemini developments.

AISep 3, 2026Ars Technica

Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime

OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google all saw serious interruptions in the same Thursday morning window. Shared cause is unproven. Concentrated fragility is not.

AISep 3, 2026The Verge

Google now lets you chat with Gmail, Docs, and Keep

Gmail Live, Docs Live, and Keep Live are Gemini Live inside Google's cash apps, gated by plan, with Workspace still 'coming soon.'

AISep 3, 2026Google DeepMind

Introducing WeatherNext 3, our most advanced and accurate global weather AI model

DeepMind's WeatherNext 3 post is a vendor benchmark dump: hourly satellite in, 5-kilometer maps out, and a 50 percent precipitation claim now inside Search.

AISep 3, 2026TechCrunch

Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella

TechCrunch's WeatherNext 3 piece is the one that puts Google on Operational WeatherBench against ECMWF, the NWS, Microsoft, and Nvidia — and notes WindBorne got there first.

AISep 3, 2026The Verge

Google says its AI weather model is getting better

The Verge treats WeatherNext 3 as an energy and equity story: better rain where gauges are scarce, and 100-meter winds for a company that is hungry for power.

AISep 2, 2026The Verge

Google says its new Gemini 3.8 Flash model ‘works harder’ but might cost more

The Verge's Gemini 3.8 story is the bill: same $0.75 / $3.75 sticker as 3.7, about 40 percent more expensive per task because it talks more.

AISep 2, 2026Ars Technica

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Ars reads Gemini 3.8 as cadence covering for a missing Pro: three Flashes in six weeks, OSWorld still trailing Claude Opus, Cyber as a niche.

AISep 2, 2026Google DeepMind

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

DeepMind's Gemini 3.8 post is a vendor scoreboard: same introductory price as 3.7, more tokens if you let it 'work harder,' and Cyber locked behind Fairwind.

AISep 2, 2026The Verge

Google is sending MrBeast into the wilderness, armed with AI

Google hired YouTube's first 500-million-subscriber channel to take Gemini camping. This is not a research drop. It is a bid to make the model look useful to people who do not read model cards.

AISep 1, 2026The Verge

Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI

Google is waving hundreds of millions at studios for training rights and character licenses. Hollywood would be selling Google a legitimacy story it cannot buy from another model card.

AISep 1, 2026TechCrunch

Google’s Android update tackles motion sickness, accessibility, and more

Google's latest Android drop copies Apple on motion sickness and chat themes, then uses Gemini to justify the rest. Accessibility is the cover; distribution of Gemini is the point.

AISep 1, 2026Google AI Blog

The latest AI news we announced in August 2026

Google's August recap is a victory lap: a cheaper Flash model, a billion Gemini users, and a student giveaway. The cadence and the price cut are the competitive moves.