Google will let Android users launch AI-generated personal apps through Google Play, keeping them private while removing the need for computer-based installation.
Google has released Gemini 4 Argon after a September announcement, opening the model first to cyber defenders before paid subscribers and API customers receive broader access.
Alphabet is committing roughly $200 billion to AI infrastructure in 2026 as Ruth Porat frames compute shortages, energy costs and social disruption as long-term challenges.
AI companies’ rising valuations, debt and circular investment deals are drawing warnings from the IMF and BIS about risks spreading through global markets.
AI data centers are driving a power and construction crunch, raising costs for developers while increasing pressure on grids, utilities, consumers, and regulators.
AI-related companies have issued hundreds of billions of dollars in debt in 2026, reshaping bond indexes, raising yields, and concentrating investor exposure around the technology buildout.
Google launched a universal Gemini workplace agent that connects Workspace, Slack, Microsoft 365 and enterprise systems through one cloud-based interface.
Google’s AI Edge Foresight is a Mac app that transcribes meetings, creates notes, and answers questions offline using a 740-million-parameter on-device model.
Finland’s planned data center investments have topped €67 billion as Google, Microsoft and TikTok expand AI infrastructure around the country’s power and land advantages.
Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs is in early talks to raise more than $2 billion at a valuation of at least $40 billion, Bloomberg reports.
Zuckerberg-backed Biohub, U.S. agencies, Google and partners committed $1.8 billion to open biological data, computing and tools for predictive AI models.
Google has opened SynthID to the public, allowing users to check images, videos and audio for watermarks from Google and other supported AI systems.
Google launched Playground, a browser-based platform that uses AI prompts to help people create, play, and share custom 2D and 3D games without coding.
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon and executives from Google, OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic are appearing before New York City lawmakers to address AI safety concerns.
A federal judge dismissed Chegg and Penske Media’s antitrust lawsuits against Google, while acknowledging that AI search summaries have harmed publisher traffic.
