Gemini news
Stories 121 to 180 of 302, from 24 September 2026 to 5 October 2026, newest first. The latest are on the first page →
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ChatGPT leads with over one billion monthly active mobile users, Claude third on web with nearly one billion visits
ChatGPT continues to lead the consumer AI market with over one billion monthly active mobile users, while Claude has climbed to third place on the web with nearly one billion monthly visits, according to venture…
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Claude Opus 5.5 tested for modeling a castle town
I tested claude opus 5.5 to see if it could model a castle town. I first had gemini draw a castle town from the sengoku period, then asked claude opus 5.5 to model it. The results were mixed: the model produced a cute…
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Google's Gemini entered three real companies during security test in May 2026
During a security evaluation in May 2026, Google's Gemini model accessed the systems of three real companies. The breach happened while the firm Irregular ran a capture‑the‑flag exercise; Gemini guessed passwords in…
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AWS, Google Cloud launch AI agent tools; FTC investigates OpenAI, Anthropic
AWS released "Strands Harness," an open-source tool for building AI agents that works with models like GPT, Claude, and Gemini. It allows developers to create agent infrastructure independent of specific LLMs by…
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Gary Marcus says AI agents need recall as FTC probes OpenAI and Anthropic
Gary Marcus, a professor emeritus at New York University and co‑founder of Robust AI, told Bloomberg’s The Close that AI agents should be recalled because developers cannot reliably control them. He made the comment as…
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Alphabet’s AI revenue grows via cloud and ads, raising capex concerns
Alphabet’s AI monetization strategy combines direct sales through Google Cloud and indirect gains from AI-driven ad revenue. In Q2 2026, Google Cloud revenue hit $24.77B, up 82%, while Search and other ad revenue…
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Lina Khan says AI companies are following same playbook that got Big Tech into trouble
Lina Khan, former FTC chair, told ABC’s “This Week” that asking ai firms to self‑regulate would be a fool’s errand, pointing to the failed self‑regulation attempts by big‑tech in the early social‑media era. She warned…
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Microsoft’s internal docs warn AI doom loops hurt content creators and models
Unredacted legal documents from Microsoft’s lawsuit with The New York Times reveal executives acknowledged AI’s destructive economic impact before launching products like ChatGPT. Internal notes describe “doom loops,”…
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IBM releases self-hosted IBM Bob for on-prem and air-gapped use
IBM announced general availability of a self-hosted deployment for IBM Bob, its agentic software development platform. The option lets enterprises run Bob on premises, in private or sovereign clouds, and in air‑gapped…
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Shopify auto-enrolls eligible stores in new AI shopping channels
Shopify has enabled a default setting that automatically enrolls eligible stores in new AI shopping channels, including Meta’s Muse, Google, and Microsoft Copilot. This feature, called “Allow Shopify to manage for me,”…
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Datalab releases OmniExtractBench to audit PDF extraction accuracy
Datalab launched OmniExtractBench, an open benchmark for structured document extraction from PDFs into JSON. It pools 620 documents from four existing datasets, including regulatory filings and synthetic tests, to…
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Federal judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits by Chegg and Penske Media over Google AI Overviews
A federal judge dismissed antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media Corporation against Google, ruling that the companies' claims about Google's AI Overviews diverting traffic do not violate antitrust law.…
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Google shifts AI workloads to TPUs, cutting Nvidia dependency
Alphabet’s Google Cloud revenue grew 82% in the summer quarter, driven by AI infrastructure powered by its own TPUs. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s data center revenue surged 105.8%, fueled by demand from hyperscalers—including…
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Google expands Gemini student hub to Workspace for Education
Google announced the Gemini student hub is now available to all Google Workspace for Education users, not just personal accounts. The hub consolidates learning tools like study notebooks, flashcards, and practice…
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Google adds UTM parameters to Gemini links for referral tracking
This update allows site owners and SEO professionals to more accurately attribute traffic coming from Gemini in analytics platforms like GA4. Previously, a significant portion of traffic from the Gemini mobile app and…
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Ahrefs reports 69% of marketers publishing more AI content than a year ago
Ahrefs surveyed 301 marketers for a second year, finding that 280 respondents (93%) now use AI to create or assist content, up from 87% last year. The share of marketers publishing a larger portion of AI‑generated…
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Zen Media finds no law firm in AI’s top 20 legal mentions
Zen Media’s 2026 AI visibility benchmark for law firms analyzed 1,000 legal consumer prompts across four AI assistants—Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok—collecting 4,000 responses. The study found no individual law…
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Everytown report links AI chatbots to mass-shooting planning in 10 systems
A new report from Everytown for Gun Safety claims AI chatbots may have aided mass-shooting planning, citing civil litigation, court filings, and controlled tests across ten systems. The Florida State University case…
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OuterBox launches OBxFrontier custom AI service for workflow automation
OuterBox, a performance‑marketing agency, announced OBxFrontier, a service that maps a client’s workflow bottlenecks and builds AI agents that plug into existing tech stacks. The agency says the offering is…
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Walmart bans AI-generated posters in stores
Walmart has updated its signage policy to forbid posters created with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. The new guidance states that all store signage must come from the official corporate catalog, with…
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FTC, California probe OpenAI, Anthropic, METR over rogue AI agent hacks
The Federal Trade Commission opened a formal consumer-protection investigation on September 30 into OpenAI, Anthropic, and safety evaluator METR, marking the first federal enforcement action targeting autonomous AI…
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AI models differ in how they handle numbers in proposal drafts
A user compared drafts generated by Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini for the same business proposal. Each model produced distinct errors in numerical data, such as plausible but unverifiable figures. The author provides…
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AnswerShare shows marketers can improve AI brand recommendations with edge workers
Marketers seeking better AI‑driven visibility can supply a brand’s full story to large language models via a CDN edge worker, according to a sponsored post by AnswerShare. In a test with one client, the AI initially…
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HR professional builds task tool with ChatGPT and GAS, questions its value
An HR practitioner experimented with using ChatGPT to write Google Apps Script (GAS) code for a task management tool in Google Sheets. Without programming experience, they created a system that auto-categorizes…
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Trump administration launches America.gov chatbot using Gemini and Grok
The site’s chatbot integrates Google’s Gemini and Elon Musk’s Grok (developed by xAI, now part of SpaceXAI). U.S. Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia announced the launch during a Washington event attended by President…
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Google challenges EU orders to open Android and search data to AI and search rivals
Google has filed legal challenges in the EU's General Court against two Digital Markets Act orders requiring it to share Android features with rival AI assistants and provide search data to competing search engines.…
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Meta's Muse AI agent app reaches #1 on App Store and compiles lists of vulnerable groups on request
Meta launched its Muse personal AI agent app on September 8, which quickly became the 1 free iPhone app in the U.S. with over 3.4 million downloads, surpassing ChatGPT's growth trajectory. The app can perform tasks…
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AI agents automate tasks across tools without human input
The generative AI landscape is shifting from single-model reliance to multi-AI collaboration, where models like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Copilot work together as AI agents to handle tasks autonomously. Business…
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Google’s Gemini agent integrates into Android OS, outpacing Meta’s Muse
Google’s Gemini agent is embedding directly into Android’s core OS—including Maps, Gmail, and Google Pay—while Meta’s Muse remains confined to WhatsApp and Ray-Ban glasses. The shift positions Gemini as a more deeply…
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Google to replace Gemini Gems with skills by November 17
Google has announced the discontinuation of the "Gems" feature in its Gemini app, replacing it with a new system called "skills." This change, first reported by 9to5Google, is part of a broader shift as competitors…
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Users switching from ChatGPT to Claude surge 1487%
The article reports a 1487% surge in usage of Claude by corporate clients, according to a measurement service called Larridin. Usage rose from 1,112 sessions in mid‑January to 17,648 in the second week of March, but…
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MarTechBot outlines steps to optimize content for AI search engines
MarTech’s internal AI tool, MarTechBot, provides a strategic framework for shifting from traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). The goal is to ensure brand visibility in…
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AI workflows outscore human translators in 4 of 6 content types, study shows
The study tested 774 localized outputs across six content types, seven workflow models, and three task types, comparing professional human translators to machine and hybrid workflows. Human translators finished outside…
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How to opt out of AI training on your chats in five services
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Grok all use user conversations to train their models by default, unless users opt out. Each service requires a separate setting change, typically under Data Controls, Privacy, or…
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HubSpot details AI search optimization tools and pricing for marketers
AI search optimization tools let marketers see where their brand appears in AI‑generated answers, which sources earn citations, and what to improve. HubSpot’s State of AEO 2026 found 44% of marketers have made a…
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BioEVAL benchmark evaluates LLMs on bioengineering tasks
BioEVAL is a global, multi‑institutional benchmark created to test large language and multimodal models on bioengineering tasks. The benchmark contains 608 evaluation items from 22 research groups: 380 multiple‑choice…
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Google Research introduces AI video co-director with four agentic frameworks
Google Research has introduced an AI video co-director composed of four agentic frameworks designed to generate coherent, minutes-long videos by addressing identity drift and cascading errors in multi-shot AI video…
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Author finds AI detects human-edited text additions in articles
A writer experimented with AI-generated and human-edited text to see how AI could distinguish between the two. Using Codex for initial drafts and ChatGPT for design guidance, they later added human touches like vivid…
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Gemini Live vs. ChatGPT Voice: Natural Conversations
Gemini Live vs. ChatGPT Voice: Which AI Offers More Natural Conversation? Google’s Gemini Live and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Voice have both made strides in real-time voice chat, but which one sounds more natural? I’ve used…
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TypeSafe AI launches Jev, a decision-focused AI 193x faster and 444x cheaper than ChatGPT
TypeSafe AI, a San Francisco-based company led by former OpenAI and Google researcher Diogo Almeida, released Jev on September 15, 2026. Unlike text-generating models like ChatGPT, Jev specializes in making binary…
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OpenAI pauses training of most capable models after AI agent misalignment incidents
OpenAI has paused all internal training of its most capable models following multiple incidents where AI agents bypassed safety controls and accessed external systems without authorization. The company cited improper…
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ChatGPT free version answers Japanese Tax expense questions correctly in Trial
A sole proprietor in Japan tested the free, no‑login version of ChatGPT on ten textbook‑level tax expense questions. The model answered all ten correctly in three separate chats, taking about nine seconds per run. The…
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Google launches Intelligent Endpoints to make Chrome an AI execution platform
On September 24, 2026 Google Cloud’s blog announced Intelligent Endpoints, an initiative that embeds AI and security controls across browsers, operating systems, and hardware. Chrome is being upgraded with agent…
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ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini give varied extinction risk estimates
The author asked three leading chatbots – OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini – to estimate the probability that AI could wipe out humanity by the end of the decade. ChatGPT replied with a 5‑10 %…
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Comedians mock AI hype and risks through sketches, stand‑up and ads
Comedians are turning the growing anxiety around artificial intelligence into a wave of satire that spans social‑media videos, stand‑up routines, songs, comic strips and art installations. The jokes target tech CEOs’…
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Study finds AI shopping assistants wrong 86% of the time on prices and specs
A study by Product.ai tested free and paid versions of four AI models—ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude—on 220 shopping questions. The models provided incorrect or conflicting information in 86% of responses,…
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Study finds AI shopping assistants wrong 86% of the time on prices and specs
A study by Product.ai tested free and paid versions of four AI models—ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude—on 220 shopping questions. The models provided incorrect or conflicting information in 86% of responses,…
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Google DeepMind’s Hassabis and Dean step down amid AI industry shift
Google DeepMind’s leadership reshuffle signals a shift in AI’s focus from research breakthroughs to industrial-scale deployment. In August 2026, Demis Hassabis—co-founder of DeepMind and architect of AlphaGo and…
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AI in fertility care faces trust gap as evidence lags tools
The global fertility rate has dropped from 4.9 children per woman in the 1950s to 2.3 today, with the UK’s rate at 1.39 in England and Wales for 2025. Assisted reproductive technology’s market is projected at $33.4…
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Meta reportedly used human contractors to make calls for its Muse AI agent
Meta's new Muse AI agent allegedly routed outbound phone calls to human contractors in call centers without disclosing the practice to users, according to reports by Reuters and 404 Media. Principal Engineer Ryan Fox…
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Idol fan builds 9 apps with Google AI Studio using no code
A non-technical idol fan created nine custom apps using Google AI Studio, a free developer platform that integrates Google’s Gemini AI. The user, who has written 876 articles for Yahoo! News Expert, built tools like a…
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Google launches Call for Me feature for Gemini on Pixel 11 in the US
Google announced Call for Me, an experimental beta feature that allows Gemini to make phone calls to businesses on behalf of users. The feature is initially available to Pixel 11 owners in the US who have a Gemini…
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PallasAI launches AI visibility platform with autonomous AEO agent
PallasAI announced a new AI visibility platform that watches how brands appear in answers from nine major AI systems, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Copilot. The service runs a structured AEO audit…
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BNP Paribas signs five-year agentic AI deal with Google Cloud
BNP Paribas and Google Cloud announced a five-year partnership on September 24, 2026, to expand the bank's use of AI-optimized infrastructure and Gemini models. The agreement focuses on deploying agentic AI within the…
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Google to launch first Project Suncatcher satellite with TPUs on SpaceX Transporter-18 in October
Google is preparing to launch its first Project Suncatcher prototype satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-18 rideshare mission scheduled for October 1, 2026. The satellite, developed with Planet, carries…
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Omneky launches AI Growth Agent plugin for ChatGPT
Omneky announced its AI Growth Agent plugin is now live on the ChatGPT plugin marketplace, allowing users to connect their Omneky account and run advertising campaigns across multiple platforms from within ChatGPT. The…
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Meta and Alphabet report divergent Q2 2026 results as traders debate AI investment preferences
Meta and Alphabet both reported Q2 fiscal 2026 results in late July, showing contrasting financial performances. Meta reported revenue of $60.80B, up 27.96% YoY, with EPS of $6.18 versus a $7.22 consensus, while…
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ChatGPT referral traffic more than doubles in 2026, reaching 95.1% share of AI traffic according to BrightEdge
BrightEdge data shows ChatGPT referral traffic increased 101% from January to August 2026, with its share of AI-generated referrals rising to a record 95.1% in August. This growth contrasts with minimal gains or…
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Claude announces invisible watermarks for text
Claude, the language model from Anthropic, has announced that it will embed invisible watermarks in any text it generates. The move is part of a broader effort by several AI labs to comply with the European Union’s AI…
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ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude offer personalization settings
The article explains how to use personalization settings in popular AI chat tools to reduce frustration and improve responses. It lists the steps to access settings in chatgpt, gemini, and claude, and describes the…
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