Google has expanded Canvas in AI Mode to all U.S. users in English, enabling anyone to draft documents, build shareable apps, and conduct deep research directly within Google Search using Gemini's AI capabilities.

Over 300 Google employees and 60 OpenAI employees have signed an open letter urging their companies to support Anthropic’s refusal to grant the Pentagon unrestricted use of its AI technology.

Google unveiled Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), its next-generation AI image model featuring up to 4K resolution, improved character consistency, and faster generation speeds, now set as the default across Gemini apps and Google Search.

Google has partnered with ISTE+ASCD to offer free, comprehensive AI literacy training to all 6 million K-12 and higher education faculty in the U.S., aiming to help them and their students use AI tools like Gemini safely and effectively.

Google has unveiled Gemini 3.1 Pro, its latest AI model featuring doubled abstract reasoning performance on ARC-AGI-2, surpassing rivals GPT-5.2 and Claude Opus 4.6 across 12 of 19 major benchmarks.

Google releases Gemini 3.1 Pro achieving 77.1% on ARC-AGI-2 benchmark, doubling previous model's reasoning capabilities for complex problem-solving tasks.

At the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Google unveils a comprehensive $15 billion investment in India's digital infrastructure, alongside the AI for Government Innovation Challenge and expanded partnerships to accelerate AI adoption across government services and research.

Google integrates Lyria 3, DeepMind's most advanced music generation model, into the Gemini app, enabling users to create 30-second music tracks from text descriptions or images. The feature includes automatic lyrics generation, Nano Banana cover art, and SynthID watermarking.

Google sets dates for I/O 2026 conference, promising latest AI breakthroughs and updates across Gemini, Android, Chrome, and Cloud products.

Google Threat Intelligence Group reveals state-sponsored actors from China, Iran, and North Korea exploiting Gemini AI across all attack cycle stages.

Former NPR Morning Edition host David Greene files lawsuit alleging Google's NotebookLM illegally replicated his voice, echoing Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI dispute.

Gemini 3 Deep Think scores 41% on Humanity's Last Exam benchmark, using advanced parallel reasoning for $250/month AI Ultra subscribers.

Google upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think AI to transform sketches into 3D models, enabling MIT researchers to engineer advanced metamaterials and quantum materials.

Google's enhanced Gemini 3 Deep Think model demonstrates superior performance over OpenAI's GPT-5.2 and Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 in latest benchmark tests.

Google enhances Gemini 3 Deep Think for complex scientific tasks and launches Aletheia, an AI agent that solved 91.9% of advanced mathematics problems.

Google upgrades Gemini 3 Deep Think for science and engineering. Achieves 84.6% on ARC-AGI-2 and Elo 3455 on competitive coding.

Google reports commercially motivated actors conducted distillation attacks on Gemini with over 100,000 prompts to extract AI model capabilities and intellectual property.

Google releases major upgrade to Gemini 3 Deep Think, achieving 48.4% on Humanity's Last Exam and gold medal performance on International Olympiad challenges.

Google rolls out AI Mode shopping ads and Direct Offers, enabling purchases from Etsy and Wayfair directly within Gemini chatbot and Search.

Google unveils DialogLab, an open-source framework for authoring, simulating, and testing multi-party human-AI conversations beyond one-on-one interactions.