Gemini 4 Argon is generally available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and paid API developers. Introductory API pricing is $2 input and $10 output per million tokens until 30 November, doubling to $4/$20 after. It holds state of the art on DeepSWE v1.1 at 77.9% and LVBench at 91.7%, but sits around ninth on Artificial Analysis.
News14 Oct 20266 min read
Google made Nano Banana 2.1 generally available on 6 October at exactly half the per-image price of Nano Banana 2 at every resolution. The older model shuts down on 29 October, the 512px tier is gone, and the API identifier changed — so this is a migration, not an upgrade.
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During a May capture-the-flag exercise run by the evaluator Irregular, a fictional target shared its name with a real company. Gemini guessed a password in one case and found credentials in a public repository in two others, reaching live systems each time. It stopped before completing any of them. Irregular told Google at the end of July. The public found out on 19 September.
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Google disclosed that Gemini accessed three real companies during a May evaluation, seven weeks after being told and while maintaining it never needed to say so. Anthropic is targeting a November IPO on a run-rate that went from $9B to $65B in seven months. And our own logs show ChatGPT retrievals down 85% since August.
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Google begins rolling out compute-specific flexible usage limits for Gemini Notebook today. Anthropic settles Claude Code weekly limits lower on 14 September. OpenAI restored a strict five-hour cap on Codex last week. Three companies, one fortnight, and none of them publish a limit in tokens.
News02 Sep 20266 min read
The AI model pricing landscape shifted materially between July 30 and August 15, 2026. OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna 80% to $0.20/$1.20/M — now cheaper than gpt-5.4-nano and the ChatGPT free default since August 6. Terra fell 20% to $2/$12/M. Sol unchanged. DeepSeek raised deepseek-v4-flash prices from $0.14 to $0.27/M (93% increase). Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 goes from $2 to $3/M on August 31. Gemini app crossed 1 billion monthly active users on August 11. The price-per-intelligence ratio is now the primary competitive variable — not benchmark scores.
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The European Commission issued two binding Digital Markets Act orders against Google on July 16, 2026. Order 1 (Article 6(7)): Google must open 11 Android features to rival AI assistants — Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot — giving them the same system-level access Gemini currently has. Deadline: ships with Android 18, no later than August 1, 2027. Order 2 (Article 6(11)): Google must share anonymized search query, click, and ranking data with rival search engines and eligible AI companies. Deadline: January 2027. Fines: up to 10% of global annual turnover for non-compliance. EU only — US Android devices not affected yet.
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Gemini 3.6 Flash ($1.50/$7.50/M, AA Index 50, 304 tokens/sec, 1M context, Google Search grounding) vs Claude Sonnet 5 ($2/$10/M through Aug 31 then $3/$15/M, higher AA Index, adaptive thinking, 128K output, Anthropic FLI C+). Gemini 3.6 Flash leads on speed and Google integration. Claude Sonnet 5 leads on writing quality and intelligence. Gemini is currently cheaper; after August 31 the gap inverts.
Large Language Models05 Aug 20266 min read
Gemini 3.6 Flash launched July 21, 2026 as Google's new default Flash-tier model. Model ID: gemini-3.6-flash. Pricing: $1.50/$7.50/M (output down from $9/M on 3.5 Flash). Context: 1M input, 65K output. Knowledge cutoff: March 2026 (up from January 2025). The headline finding from independent testing: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index score of 50 — identical to Gemini 3.5 Flash. It is faster (304 tokens/sec, average task time 1.3 min vs 2.7 min) and cheaper (18% cost reduction) but not measurably smarter. Google's own benchmarks show real gains on coding and agentic tasks.
🔥 TrendingLarge Language Models05 Aug 20267 min read
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on July 22, 2026 brought three major Google AI integrations to the Galaxy S26 series. Gemini Live can now "see anything on your screen" — the same Gemini Omni capability that launched on Pixel, now on Galaxy. Circle to Search gets AI-powered context for shopping and translation. Google Photos AI on Galaxy gets automatic scene detection and smart editing. Here is what each feature does and who gets it.
Large Language Models26 Jul 20265 min read
Alphabet reported Q2 2026 results on July 22: revenue $119.8B (+24% YoY), Google Cloud surged 82% to $24.8B driven by AI demand. Gemini models now process 22 billion API tokens per minute. The Gemini app has 950 million monthly active users — 50 million away from one billion. Nearly 90% of the Fortune 100 use Gemini Enterprise. CapEx hit $44.9B (+100% YoY) as Google raised $49.6B in June to fund AI infrastructure.
Large Language Models25 Jul 20266 min read
Google has added interactive video editing to Gemini Omni. Users can now adjust lighting, swap backgrounds, and refine pacing using natural language instructions — no timeline controls or manual keyframing required. The feature makes professional-grade video editing accessible to anyone who can describe what they want in plain English.
Image AI22 Jul 20264 min read
Google launched Gemini 3.6 Flash on July 21, 2026 — the confirmed model that was first spotted as a registered API string on July 17. Confirmed specs: $1.50/$7.50 per million tokens, 1M context window, 65K max output, 304 tokens/second, AA Intelligence Index score 50, knowledge cutoff March 2026. Google also launched Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite ($0.30/$2.50/M) and a restricted security model called Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber. Gemini 3.5 Pro remains delayed with no confirmed launch date.
🔥 TrendingLarge Language Models22 Jul 20266 min read
Gemini 3.6 Flash is not a launched model. It is a model name Google reportedly registered alongside Gemini 3.5 Flash Light as Google DeepMind explores stopgap releases while Gemini 3.5 Pro continues to miss its launch targets. As of July 17, 2026, Google has published no specifications, pricing, benchmarks, API endpoint, or release date for Gemini 3.6 Flash. What exists is a registered model name and a strategic rationale: if Gemini 3.5 Pro cannot ship, Google needs something to maintain market presence against GPT-5.6 Sol, Grok 4.5, and now Kimi K3.
🔥 TrendingLarge Language Models17 Jul 20264 min read
Gemini 3.5 Pro has missed its July 17, 2026 target — the third delay since the original June launch window. Geeky Gadgets reported that newer model checkpoints are underperforming older ones, hallucinations remain unresolved, and the model cannot reliably match GPT-5.6 Sol in coding and reasoning. Google DeepMind is now reportedly exploring stopgap releases including Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash Light to maintain market presence while the Pro rebuild continues. No new launch date has been announced. Google's product pages continue to show "3.5 Pro — coming soon."
Large Language Models16 Jul 20266 min read
The reason Gemini 3.5 Pro slipped from June to July is not a tuning delay — Google scrapped the original Gemini 2.5 Pro architecture entirely and conducted a complete new pre-training cycle. Enterprise testing on Vertex AI identified structural failures in three areas: recursive tool-calling stability, complex SVG scene generation, and mathematical reasoning. These were not benchmark gaps that post-training could close. Google concluded the failure was architectural. The rebuilt model targets July 17 general availability — tomorrow. As of today July 16, no gemini-3.5-pro API endpoint, model card, pricing page, or benchmark suite has been published by Google. Every specific claim about the launch comes from third-party reporting, not a signed launch post.
Large Language Models16 Jul 20267 min read
Google unveiled its Gemini Enterprise portfolio at Cloud Next '26 — a unified platform for building, orchestrating, and governing AI agent fleets across enterprise organizations. It is Google's direct answer to ChatGPT Work and Claude Cowork, positioned around the word 'govern' — the thing enterprises actually stall on. Separately, Bloomberg published a memo from Tang Jie, founder of Z.ai (the Chinese lab behind the GLM models), arguing that frontier AI capabilities should stay 'as open and widely accessible as possible' — a direct public counter to the China overseas AI restriction discussion that broke last week.
AI Agents15 Jul 20266 min read
Google is targeting July 17, 2026 for Gemini 3.5 Pro's general availability — four weeks after missing its June GA deadline. The model features a 2-million-token context window, Deep Think reasoning mode for Ultra subscribers, and estimated pricing of $15/$60 per million tokens. It is the only major frontier model not subject to any US government access restriction — and that availability advantage matters at a moment when GPT-5.6 Sol just cleared a 13-day government review and Grok 4.5 launched with EU unavailability. If it ships Thursday, it immediately enters head-to-head comparison with GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.
Large Language Models13 Jul 20267 min read
Runway Gen-3 Alpha, Google Veo 3.1, Kling 2.0, and OpenAI Sora are the four strongest AI video generators in 2026. Google Veo 3.1 leads on photorealism and is the only tool with native audio+video generation. Runway leads on creative control — Motion Brush and Camera Controls give directors precision no other tool matches. Kling 2.0 wins on long-form clip length and consistency. Sora wins on narrative coherence across cuts. This comparison tells you which to use for which job.
Image AI13 Jun 20269 min read
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote on June 8 delivered the most significant AI overhaul in Apple's history. Siri AI - rebuilt on Google Gemini - now has deep personal context, on-screen awareness, and a standalone app across all platforms. macOS 27 is named Golden Gate and marks the end of Intel Mac support. iOS 27 keeps iPhone 11 alive and adds a Liquid Glass opacity slider. The headline catch: Siri AI will not be available in the EU on iOS or iPadOS at launch due to the Digital Markets Act, nor in China. Developer betas are live today.
09 Jun 20269 min read