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Both ChatGPT and Google's Gemini have surpassed 1 billion monthly users, marking a major milestone in the AI chatbot race and highlighting the tightening competition between OpenAI and Google.
Google's Gemini app has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users, making it the 14th Google product to reach that milestone. CEO Sundar Pichai announced the news, highlighting rapid growth and competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Google's Pixel Buds 2a earbuds are discounted to $99 from $129 at various retailers, with other tech deals highlighted including Star Fox for Switch 2 and an Anker charger.
Google is set to announce new Pixel devices, including the Pixel 11 lineup, a next-gen Pixel Fold, Pixel Watch 5, and possibly a Pixel Tag tracker, at its Made by Google 2026 event on August 12th, with leaks and preorder countdowns revealing details ahead of the livestream.
The Verge covers Google's upcoming Pixel 11 launch event, noting that it prioritizes celebrity entertainment over hardcore fans, while the return of a notification LED on the Pixel 11 Pro excites power users.
This article argues that Go's design philosophy—emphasis on team collaboration, simplicity, compatibility, and robust tooling—makes it an ideal language for the era of AI-assisted software engineering, where reviewing and maintaining AI-generated code becomes more important than writing code from scratch.
Ars Technica interviews Claire Stapleton about her new memoir 'Don't Be Evil', detailing her journey from Google insider to organizer of the 2018 walkout and her disillusionment with the company's culture.
Google has developed an AI doctor trained via online reinforcement learning in simulated medical residencies, achieving 88% diagnostic accuracy and being preferred over board-certified experts in 87.6% of blinded comparisons. The system handles long-horizon patient dialogues and adversarial simulated patients, marking a major leap in clinical AI.
Gergely Orosz pushes back on the claim that Google never built anything internally, citing Gmail, Google Docs, Google Cloud, and Waymo as internally-built billion-dollar businesses.
Jeff Dean shares a behind-the-scenes note with the KDD 2026 audience, indicating he has closed his laptop for the final time after a significant week, likely marking his departure from Google.
Fortune reports on the internal turmoil behind DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis stepping down, citing low morale, a talent exodus, and repeated delays of Gemini 3.5 Pro, with power shifting from London to Mountain View.
After leaving Google, Jeff Dean appeared at Stanford AASF 2026 to give a talk, sharing his method for distinguishing foundational technology from trendy tech. The original tweet shows the old laptop covered in stickers that he returned upon departure.
According to SemiAnalysis, Google has quietly cancelled the upcoming Gemini 3.5 Pro model, meaning it will not be released.
Google reshuffles its AI leadership as Demis Hassabis steps back and Jeff Dean departs to launch a new lab, with analysis suggesting the company is prioritizing its cloud business over frontier AI ambitions, akin to Westinghouse winning the electricity diffusion race against Edison.
Discussion about Google's frontier image model, which was released six months ago and remains relevant.
Rumor suggests Demis Hassabis wanted to leave Google alongside Dean but was persuaded to stay over fears of a stock crash. Unconfirmed but potentially significant for AI leadership.
A tweet shares a Google video and blog post about a trust layer for AI agents, using role-based architecture and verifiable credentials to enforce stop conditions and prevent agents from making unauthorized purchases.
An analysis of the DeepMind leadership shakeup, suggesting Google may be prioritizing its booming cloud business over frontier AI ambitions, with a historical comparison to Edison's DC vs. Westinghouse's AC.
Sergey Brin, Google co-founder and third richest person alive, has taken direct command of Gemini, marking a rare hands-on return for the retired founder as AI competition intensifies.
A positive reaction to reports that Sergey Brin will take direct oversight of Gemini as Google restructures its AI leadership.