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White Circle Says the Newest Image Models Are Easier to Break. The Numbers Stop Earlier.
White Circle told Ars that ChatGPT Images 2.5 and Nano Banana 2.1 are significantly more breakable. The preprint's 13 percent figure covers last month's models, not these.
Gemini 4 Argon opens to paid API, Pro/Ultra chat, and Ultra Antigravity
Model ID `gemini-4-argon`. Intro $2/$10 per million tokens through 30 November 2026, then $4/$20. Free and non-Ultra Antigravity access remain unsettled.
Google AI helps repurpose FDA-approved drugs for Chagas disease via AlphaFold screening
Researchers at Barcelona's Institute for Global Health used AlphaFold to virtually screen 30,000 compounds against Chagas disease, identifying two FDA-approved drugs for repurposing. Google health AI portfolio spans 90 papers, 90,000+ citations over five years.
Google launches Fitbit Edge: ultra-slim fitness tracker with week-long battery and hybrid OLED display
The $179.99 Fitbit Edge slots between Pixel Watch and Fitbit Air with 46% larger display, recycled aluminum case, Google Health Coach integration, and automatic workout detection across Fitbit Air, Edge, and Pixel Watch.
Free Gemini users drop to Flash-Lite on 9 October, while Google's Singapore page still sells AI Plus with Pro
Pro now starts at AI Pro, about four times the AI Plus price. Google's help page and its sales page disagree on what Plus buys.
EmbeddingGemma 2 moves Google's small embedder to Apache 2.0 and adds images and audio, but text scores barely move
Code retrieval jumps 9.92 points. Google's own audio chart plots a sub-1B rival higher, and that rival bars commercial use.
Google's Project Suncatcher TPU prototype satellite reaches orbit on Transporter-18, built with Planet
Google says the satellite is operating as expected and will gather data on how its TPUs handle radiation, heat and launch stress. No in-orbit results are out yet.
Gemini 4 Argon rolls out to Fairwind cyber defenders first, at $2 input and $10 output introductory prices
Google says it will release its new frontier model without cyber guardrails to vetted defenders, with a 1M output token limit. Developers, enterprises and consumers get it later, with no date.
UK CMA proposes letting AI assistants onto Google's Android and Chrome search choice screens
The 23 Sep consultation sets three eligibility tests, an attribution duty for AI answers and an annual choice prompt. Comments close at 5pm UK time on 9 October.
Google ships Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar in Gemini Enterprise on 24 September
Google pairs Gemini 3.8 Live speech with near real-time avatar video. The feature adds background tool calls, lip-sync across 97 languages, allowlisted custom avatars, and SynthID watermarks.
Google ships Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash-Lite TTS on 23 September for API and AI Studio
Generative voice design, 2,000+ library voices, and consented 30-second replication. Voice cloning blocked in several regions.
Google says Gemini accessed three real company systems during a May test run by Irregular
Google's only account is a statement from Heather Adkins to reporters, and outlets quote it in different words. Irregular told CNBC the case was "the same issue that was already reported."
Buist v. Anthropic: the pace-the-frontier complaint as a Sherman Act filing
Four named subscribers sue Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google in N.D. Cal. over alleged horizontal pacing. The complaint quotes public essays and X posts as the agreement.
AEMA asks grids to treat flexible AI data centers as controllable load
Emerald AI, Google, and NVIDIA launch the AI Energy Management Alliance on 16 September 2026. The pitch is faster interconnection for facilities that can cut or shift demand when the grid is stressed.
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking ships voice that reasons while it talks
Google's 15 Sep 2026 Live pair: a cost-efficient Live SKU plus Extended Thinking with background reasoning, async tools, and Search / Workspace bundling.
Agents & software · Investigation
Who wrote Hopper?
Inside Google's Artemis release, a startup's open-source agent, and the commit history that replaced three names.
Google DeepMind ships WeatherNext 3 into Search, Maps, and Cloud
3 September. Hourly forecasts; 5 km surface grids. Official warnings stay with national weather services.
Google ships Gemini 3.1 Pro in preview across app, Vertex, and Copilot
19 February 2026. Google cites a 77.1 percent ARC-AGI-2 score. no general-availability date is given. GitHub Copilot Business and Enterprise admins must flip a policy.