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Google DeepMind says it is testing a Gemini Flash Lite model in a cryptographically protected environment designed to keep both evaluation prompts and model weights private.
TechCrunch reports that Google’s AI Mode can track flight prices, help users book hotels through partner sites, and show flight and hotel costs in points or miles. The changes extend AI Mode from conversational search toward parts of travel planning and transactions.
Google says Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash gives developers more control over AI-generated video through scene extension, first-and-last-frame interpolation, faster low-resolution drafts, video references and 4K upscaling.
A Google Developers post describes a deep-learning network that uses detector waveforms, timing and geometry to reconstruct cosmic-ray properties. The post says the approach made roughly ten times more observation data usable and enabled earlier measurements of cosmic-ray composition, while noting that…
Google Research says its experimental Planetary Prediction Engine can autonomously select geospatial data, train models and produce predictions for public health, food security, environmental risk and socioeconomic analysis.
Google says Gemini Notebook can now answer questions about eligible ebooks purchased through Google Play Books, with citations, summaries, quizzes and other generated materials based on their contents.
Barret Zoph, a former Thinking Machines co-founder and OpenAI executive, has taken a vice president of research role at Google, TechCrunch reports. Google said he will bring reinforcement-learning and post-training expertise to its Gemini work, but the report does not establish his precise remit or start date.
Google says Gemini Live can now handle multi-step tasks across Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Drive and other connected services through voice commands, with some features requiring paid Google AI subscriptions.
TechRepublic reports that Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise for Legal, a preview platform that uses AI agents for contract review, legal research, regulatory monitoring and related legal workflows.
Google Research says GlucoFM improved prediction across metabolic-health tasks and post-meal glucose responses, while acknowledging that its training population remains modest and its real-time performance is untested.
Google is introducing spending caps, savings plans and a forthcoming usage-based option for some Gemini Enterprise customers as agentic workloads make AI costs harder to predict, MediaPost reports.
Google’s developer documentation details how Gemini 3.5 Transcribe handles audio files, including automatic language detection, speaker labeling, word timestamps and cleaned-up “smart” transcripts. The page also documents practical limits, including shorter maximum audio duration when diarization or timestamps are…
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