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How Gemini AI Really Learns to Be Safe
Google DeepMind researchers discovered that Gemini's safety features primarily come from supervised fine-tuning (SFT), not reinforcement learning (RL) as commonly thought. This changes how we understand and build safe AI models.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google Tests a New Standard for AI on Websites
Google is testing a new web standard, WebMCP, that allows AI agents to interact with websites directly. This creates a reliable way for AI to perform tasks, replacing older, error-prone methods like screen scraping.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
Tech
Google Aims to Fix AI's Bad Angular Code
Google's Angular team released a new tool to help AI assistants write modern, correct code. It provides AI with up-to-date conventions, aiming to stop the generation of outdated or incorrect Angular snippets for developers.
Navdeep Kaur Mahal ·
Infra
Google Tool Makes AI Inference 92% Faster
Google Cloud's new GKE Inference Gateway can speed up AI model responses by up to 92%. It works by intelligently routing workloads to minimize idle time, making AI infrastructure more efficient and cost-effective.
Ashish Kale ·
Infra
Google Connects AI to Databases
Google Cloud has announced the general availability of its managed Remote MCP Server for AlloyDB. This new service provides a direct and secure connection for AI models and agents to access real-time data stored in AlloyDB databases, improving the quality of context for AI-powered applications.
Ashish Kale ·
AI
Former Google CEO Booed For AI Talk
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed by University of Arizona graduates during his commencement speech. He told the class their task was to shape AI, prompting a negative reaction. Schmidt acknowledged their fears about job loss and the future were "rational," highlighting growing public skepticism.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google Tests Gemini for Deceptive Behavior
Google DeepMind has published new research on AI safety, specifically testing if its Gemini models exhibit "scheming" behavior. The studies evaluate whether the models would sabotage their own safeguards, a crucial concern as AI agents become more autonomous and integrated into critical systems.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Top AI Models Disagree On Facts
A recent analysis reveals that leading AI models from major providers frequently disagree on basic, real-world facts. This challenges the assumption of factual consistency among frontier LLMs and highlights a fundamental reliability issue for developers and businesses building on this technology.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
Infra
Google Cloud Suspension Causes Major Outage
Railway, a developer platform, experienced an eight-hour, platform-wide outage affecting 3 million users. The cause was an automated, unannounced suspension of its production account by Google Cloud. The incident highlighted the risks of hosting a critical control plane on a single cloud provider, even with multi-cloud workloads.
Ashish Kale ·
AI
DeepMind CEO sees AGI accelerating
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis stated that progress towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) is accelerating. He predicts AGI could arrive around 2030, but possibly as soon as 2029 or even earlier. This updated timeline suggests society has only a few years to prepare for its impact.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google Adds Middleware to Genkit AI
Google has updated its open-source AI framework, Genkit, with a new middleware architecture. This feature provides a programmable layer for developers to intercept and control model calls and tool execution, enhancing reliability, safety, and orchestration for production-level AI applications.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Anthropic acquires dev tool startup Stainless
AI company Anthropic has acquired Stainless, a New York-based developer tools startup. As part of the deal, Stainless will wind down its hosted products. The startup's tools were used by major tech companies, including competitors like OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare, to streamline development processes.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google unveils autonomous AI agent
Google has announced Gemini Spark, a personal AI agent designed to operate 24/7, even when devices are off. It can draft emails, manage documents, and monitor inboxes, with future plans to handle purchases. This marks Google's push towards more autonomous AI assistants amid intense industry competition.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google Search Box Becomes Everything Box
Google announced a major overhaul of its search box at I/O. The new search bar will be more than a query tool; it aims to be an all-in-one assistant. It will dynamically expand for longer queries and offer advanced AI-powered suggestions that go beyond simple autocomplete.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google Search gets a major AI overhaul
Google is integrating AI-generated summaries, called AI Overviews, directly into its main search results. This feature is now the default for users in the U.S., with a global rollout planned. The goal is to provide direct, synthesized answers for complex questions, fundamentally changing the traditional search experience.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google Redesigns Search Box With AI
Google is updating its search box for the first time since 2001, integrating AI to make it larger and more interactive. Users can now ask longer questions, upload media like photos and videos, and use a chatbot for follow-ups directly on the main search page.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
Infra
Android Studio Now Supports GPT, Claude
Google now allows developers to use third-party AI models, including OpenAI's GPT and Anthropic's Claude, directly within Android Studio. This move, announced at Google I/O, gives developers more choice beyond Google's own Gemini model, offering greater flexibility over performance, privacy, and cost for app development.
Ashish Kale ·
AI
Google's AI Watermark Goes Mainstream
Google's SynthID, a technology for watermarking AI-generated content, is being adopted by major players like OpenAI and Nvidia. The tool has already been used to label 100 billion images and videos, aiming to help users distinguish between real and synthetic media as AI content improves.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google Unveils New Android AI Tools
Google has released new Android command-line tools to support the growing use of AI coding agents. These tools are designed to integrate with AI platforms like Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex, enabling developers and their AI assistants to build and manage Android applications more efficiently.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google launches efficient Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google has announced Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new AI model designed for speed and efficiency. The company claims it offers high-level intelligence comparable to larger models but at a lower cost. It is now available for developers through platforms like the Vercel AI Gateway and across Google products.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google AI Simulates World with Street View
Google DeepMind has enhanced its Genie world model by integrating it with Street View. This allows the AI to create interactive, explorable simulations of real-world environments, aiming to advance applications in robotics, gaming, and virtual travel by simulating various conditions and scenarios.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google overhauls its AI pricing tiers
Google has introduced a new $100/month AI Ultra plan, positioning it between its existing tiers. The company also reduced its top-tier plan from $250 to $200 and is shifting from prompt limits to a compute-used model, aligning its pricing structure with major competitors.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
Infra
Google is making the web agent-ready
At its I/O conference, Google announced plans to make Chrome and the web 'agent-ready.' The initiative introduces new features and specifications designed to help AI agents interact with websites, signaling a fundamental shift for developers in how web applications will be built and used.
Ashish Kale ·
AI
Script Tracks Multiple AI Model Quotas
A developer created a script to monitor daily usage quotas for Claude, Codex, and Gemini from a single place. The tool runs hourly, collecting data from all three services and writing it to a JSON file to prevent unexpected lockouts when hitting rate limits during coding tasks.
Neeraj Dhiman ·
AI
Google Reportedly Developing AI Agent Remy
Google is reportedly developing a new AI agent named Remy, designed to perform actions on a user's behalf. According to unconfirmed reports, Remy is being tested internally with Gemini and can integrate with other Google services. The company has not officially commented on the project's existence.
Neeraj Dhiman ·