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  1. RoboticsReach 31

    Samsung's rolling Ballie robot is finally launching this summer with Gemini

    Samsung just announced that its yellow rolling robot, Ballie, will finally launch in the US this summer. First shown off in 2020, the dual-wheeled bot now packs Google's Gemini multimodal AI alongside a built-in projector, letting it critique your outfit or project movies on your wall. Why it matters: Unlike Amazon's ill-fated Astro, Ballie brings real conversational AI and practical projection into your living room, though Samsung has yet to reveal the price tag.

  2. Generative mediaReach 39

    Google remakes The Wizard of Oz with AI for the Sphere

    Google just revealed how it used AI to upscale the 86-year-old film The Wizard of Oz for the Las Vegas Sphere's massive 16,000x16,000 screen. Using fine-tuned Gemini models, Veo 2, and Imagen 3 alongside studio archives, the team expanded backgrounds and digitally placed off-camera characters into widescreen scenes. With over 90% of the film touched by AI, it debuts on August 28th, 2025.

  3. AI toolsReach 34

    Reddit teams up with Google to launch AI search tool

    Reddit just rolled out Reddit Answers, an AI search tool powered by Google's Gemini models on Vertex AI. Instead of digging through endless comment threads, users can ask questions directly and get synthesized summaries with sourced posts, relevant subreddits, and follow-up chat support.

  5. AI modelsReach 52

    Google brings Veo 2 and Live API to developers, teases Gemini 2.5 Flash

    Google just made its Veo 2 video generation model production-ready in the Gemini API, alongside launching the low-latency Live API into public preview. Following the debut of Gemini 2.5 Pro, the team also teased an upcoming 2.5 Flash model that brings adaptive reasoning to its low-cost, fast workhorse. It gives developers an end-to-end multimodal stack from real-time voice agents to video synthesis.

  6. AI modelsReach 47

    Google Cloud brings music generation to Vertex AI with Lyria and upgrades Veo 2

    Google Cloud just integrated its Lyria text-to-music model into Vertex AI, making it the first platform covering video, image, speech, and music under one roof. The update also adds camera controls and inpainting to Veo 2, plus 10-second voice cloning in Chirp 3. Enterprise teams can now theoretically generate an entire ad spot from prompts, though most tools remain behind an allowlist.

  7. AI toolsReach 37

    Google Workspace adds agentic workflows and podcast-style Docs

    Google just introduced Workspace Flows, an agentic AI system that lets users automate multi-step business workflows across apps using natural language and custom Gems. Google is also bringing NotebookLM-style audio overviews and writing coaches to Docs, automated analysis to Sheets, and Veo 2 video generation to Vids. Most new tools are currently rolling out to alpha testers.

  8. Open sourceReach 47

    Google teams up with 50+ partners to launch A2A agent protocol

    Google just introduced Agent2Agent (A2A), an open protocol designed to let AI agents talk and collaborate across different platforms and vendors. Backed by over 50 partners including Atlassian and Salesforce, A2A complements Anthropic's MCP by focusing on multi-agent coordination. A production-ready release is slated for later this year.

  9. AI toolsReach 41

    Google brings Deep Research to Gemini 2.5 Pro

    Google just rolled out Deep Research powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental for Gemini Advanced subscribers. The upgrade improves analytical reasoning and synthesis, outperforming rival deep research tools by a 2-to-1 margin in testing, while also supporting podcast-style Audio Overviews of generated reports.

  10. ResearchReach 31

    Google brings Gemini reasoning to satellite imagery

    Google just unveiled new remote sensing foundation models alongside Geospatial Reasoning, a research framework that uses Gemini to orchestrate complex spatial analysis. By pairing multi-modal models with satellite imagery and public datasets, agents can map disaster damage and urban infrastructure through natural language queries. Airbus and Planet Labs are among the first testers.

  11. AI toolsReach 52

    Google’s AI Mode gets eyes

    Google just brought multimodal image search to AI Mode, letting users snap or upload photos to get detailed answers backed by web links. The update pairs a custom Gemini model with Google Lens and a fan-out query technique to dissect complex scenes. It is currently rolling out to millions of US Labs users on Android and iOS.

  12. AI toolsReach 34

    Spotify rolls out gen AI audio ads and programmatic buying

    Spotify just integrated generative AI into its Ads Manager, letting marketers in the U.S. and Canada generate scripts and voiceovers for audio ads at no additional cost. The streaming giant also launched the Spotify Ad Exchange (SAX) for real-time programmatic ad auctions across audio, video, and display formats. Why it matters: It significantly lowers the barrier for brands to spin up targeted audio campaigns.

  13. AI toolsReach 41

    Google's NotebookLM can now search the web for you

    Google just introduced Discover Sources in NotebookLM, ending the need to manually upload documents for every project. Simply describe a topic, and the Gemini-powered tool analyzes hundreds of web pages to recommend up to 10 relevant sources with annotated summaries, importable with one click. It is rolling out to all users this week.

  14. RoboticsReach 37

    Google details how Gemini Robotics teaches robots to play ball and fold origami

    Google DeepMind just broke down its new Gemini Robotics family, fine-tuning Gemini 2.0 to give robots real-world dexterity and reasoning. Powered by Gemini Robotics-ER and a new vision-language-action model, dual-arm robots can tackle unfamiliar tasks like slam dunking a toy ball or packing lunches on the first try. It is an impressive step toward general-purpose embodied AI that moves beyond single-task programming.

  15. AI toolsReach 50

    Krea Chat adds Gemini-powered conversational image editing

    Krea just integrated Google Gemini into Krea Chat, adding conversational text-to-image and natural-language image editing. Users can now refine visuals simply by chatting—like asking to "dye the sky purple" or add objects across multiple turns. Why it matters: It turns basic chat into a practical editing workflow without specialized software.

  16. AI modelsReach 50

    Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Pro to free users

    Google just brought its experimental Gemini 2.5 Pro model to free web users, rolling it out uncharacteristically fast after its paid debut. The model features visible step-by-step reasoning and tops the LMSYS Chatbot Arena leaderboard, though free users miss out on file uploads and get a reduced context window.

  17. AI toolsReach 36

    Google Slides gets Imagen 3 and a built-in visual toolkit

    Google just integrated its Imagen 3 image generation model directly into Google Slides alongside a new design sidebar. The update adds in-canvas AI visual generation, pre-built layout blocks for quotes and agendas, and millions of stock assets. Why it matters: Polishing presentations is much faster when you don't need third-party tools to create custom visuals.

  19. AI toolsReach 36

    Google Meet gets smarter with Gemini note-taking and caption scroll

    Google just rolled out new Gemini updates for Google Meet business users. The "Take notes for me" tool now automatically captures action items into a suggested next steps section, with bullet points linking straight back to quotes in the transcript. You can also scroll back through live captions mid-call if you missed a remark.

  20. AI modelsReach 66

    Google drops Gemini 2.5 Pro with built-in thinking

    Google just released Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, its newest flagship model that reasons through thoughts before answering. The model immediately took the #1 spot on LMArena, boasts a 1-million-token context window, and hits new highs on math and coding benchmarks like SWE-bench. It is available right now in Google AI Studio and for Gemini Advanced subscribers.