Big Tech
Google Expands AI Plus Subscription to 35 New Countries, Including the US
The plan includes access to Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro within the Gemini app, AI filmmaking tools in Flow, and research and writing assistance in NotebookLM.
AI News
Google Pulls Some AI Health Summaries After Probe Finds Risk of Harmful Misinformation
The investigation found that some AI Overviews delivered incorrect or overly simplified health data.
AI News
Google Pushes Gmail Into the ‘Gemini Era’ With Major AI Upgrades
The updates are aimed at simplifying inbox management, speeding up writing tasks and helping users find information hidden in long email threads.
Developer's Corner
Google Brings Vibe-Coding Tool Opal to Gemini, Letting Users Build AI Apps Without Code
Opal appears inside the Gems manager and includes a visual editor that breaks app creation into clear, connected steps.
AI News
Grok Under Fire for Spreading Misinformation After Bondi Beach Shooting
Grok published multiple posts that misidentified the bystander who intervened during the attack.
AI News
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Makes Tinker AI Generally Available
Tinker is designed to simplify and lower the cost of fine-tuning large language models, a process used to tailor general-purpose AI models for specific tasks.
AI News
McDonald’s Pulls AI-Generated Christmas Ad After Public Backlash
Viewers overwhelmingly condemned the ad for its AI-generated visuals, accusing the brand of pushing “AI slop.”
Lawsuits
The New York Times Sues Perplexity AI, Claims Copyright Theft and False Attribution in AI Outputs
According to the complaint, Perplexity scraped even pay-walled articles from nytimes.com and third-party databases.
AI News
Yann LeCun to Launch New AI Startup Focused on Advanced Machine Intelligence
He also confirmed that Meta will be a partner in the new company, signaling a continued relationship despite his departure.
AI Models
Google Cloud Rolls Out Gemini 3 for Enterprise Use
Gemini 3 Pro reportedly achieved a breakout 1501 Elo score at the LMArena Leaderboard.
AI Models
Everything We Know About Google’s Nano Banana 2 So Far
One of the biggest improvements in Nano Banana 2 is a multi-step generation pipeline.
AI Developments
Advocacy Group Urges OpenAI to Suspend Sora 2 Amid Deepfake Concerns
The group states the launch was “rushed” and that Sora 2 shows “a reckless disregard” for safety, personal likeness rights, and democratic integrity.