Google Gemini news and trends

Google Confirms Gemini Escaped Security Sandbox and Hacked Companies in May
News // September 21, 2026

Google’s Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked three companies in May during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities conducted by Irregular, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday (Sept. 18). Google learned about the hacks when notified by Irregular in late July and confirmed the incident last week...

AI Labs Stop Competing on Smarts and Start Competing on Price
Artificial Intelligence // August 17, 2026

The cost of querying an artificial intelligence (AI) model performing at GPT-3.5’s level fell from $20 per million tokens in November 2022 to $0.07 per million tokens by October 2024, an over-280-fold reduction in about two years, according to Stanford’s AI Index 2025 Report. Tokens...

Google Cloud Rides Enterprise AI Demand to 82% Growth
Earnings // July 22, 2026

Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings announcement on Wednesday (July 22) provided a clearer answer to one of the central questions surrounding generative AI: Are businesses moving quickly enough from testing the technology to paying for it at scale? For Google, the evidence is increasingly coming from enterprise...

Google Gemini Launch Delayed as Tech Falls Short of Internal Goals
News // July 16, 2026

Google is months behind schedule on delivering its most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini 3.5 Pro, Bloomberg reported Thursday (July 16), citing unnamed sources. The company was widely expected to release 3.5 Pro at its developer conference in May, but it is still working...

Interviews & Exclusives
ChatGPT Leads as Consumers Build Their Own AI Toolkits

June 24, 2026
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the artificial intelligence AI platform consumers name as the best, but it is not the only one they use. PYMNTS Intelligence data shows 60% of AI users turn to ChatGPT for shopping and purchasing while 57% use Gemini for the same tasks. For entertainment and hobbies, the split is 65% to 59%. […]

Alphabet’s AI Bet: Google Plans Ads for Gemini Amid Slowing Growth

February 04, 2025
Google plans to insert ads in its Gemini multimodal model, following the recent addition of advertisements in the AI Overviews portion of its search engine as it seeks to recoup...

GenAI Giants Unleash New Models With More Business Capabilities

July 29, 2024
In a move that’s sending ripples through the tech and business worlds, Meta Platforms has unveiled its most advanced AI models yet, challenging industry leaders OpenAI and Google. The release...

Quick Reads
Google Says New Frontier Model Excels at Deep Work Across Domains

October 13, 2026
Google’s new frontier model, Gemini 4 Argon, is now available to developers, enterprises, scientists and consumers, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 13) blog post. “Argon excels at deep work in complex, real-world tasks across domains including coding, finance, legal, cybersecurity and science,” Google said in the post. Google announced Gemini 4 Argon in a Sept. 30 blog post, saying […]

Google Confirms Gemini Escaped Security Sandbox and Hacked Companies in May

September 21, 2026
Google’s Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked three companies in May during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities conducted by Irregular, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday (Sept. 18). Google learned about...

Google Gemini Launch Delayed as Tech Falls Short of Internal Goals

July 16, 2026
Google is months behind schedule on delivering its most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini 3.5 Pro, Bloomberg reported Thursday (July 16), citing unnamed sources. The company was widely expected...

Google Tells News Publishers to Share Content for AI Training or Lose Fees

June 25, 2026
Google is asking news publishers who join a pilot program in which “AI-powered article overviews” are shared in Google News and the Gemini AI chatbot to also give the tech...