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Gemini AI News 2026

Every Google DeepMind Gemini release and update — Gemini 3.6 Flash ($1.50/$7.50/M, launched July 21), 3.5 Flash-Lite ($0.30/M), 3.5 Pro delays (three times), Gemini Omni conversational video editing, and Veo 3 video generation.

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Google I/O 2026 Recap — Every Major Announcement: Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Spark, Samsung Glasses, Universal Cart

Google I/O 2026 keynote confirmed: Gemini 3.5 Flash rolling out today across all products and APIs, Gemini Spark personal agent launching next week for AI Ultra subscribers, Samsung Intelligent Eyewear glasses arriving this fall, Google Search's biggest upgrade in 30 years, and a new $100/month AI Ultra tier. Here is everything Google announced on May 19.

19 May 20267 min read

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Claude Opus 4.7 vs GPT-5.5 (2026) — Which AI Is Best After Google I/O?

Google just launched Gemini 3.5 Flash at I/O 2026 — 4x faster than other frontier models on output tokens, surpassing Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding and agentic benchmarks. How does it actually compare to Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5 for real work? Here is the post-I/O breakdown with confirmed specs, pricing, and honest verdicts.

19 May 20268 min read

Gemma 4 Review 2026: I Ran Google's New Open Model Locally — Results

Google DeepMind released Gemma 4 — a powerful open-weight family including a 31B model that runs locally. I tested it on writing, coding, math, and image tasks using Ollama. Here's how good it really is.

Large Language Models02 Apr 20267 min read

Gemma 4 Released: Google's Free Open AI Models That Run on Your Phone

Google DeepMind just dropped Gemma 4 — four Apache 2.0 open-weight models from 2B (phone-friendly) to 31B (top-ranked open model). 256K context, 140+ languages, and instant Ollama/Hugging Face support.

Large Language Models02 Apr 20268 min read

Google AI Studio Vibe Coding (2026): Can It Really Build Apps Instantly?

Google AI Studio promises instant app building from plain English prompts. Here is what it can actually build, where it works well, and where it still falls short.

Code Tools22 Mar 20266 min read
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