#Google

AIGoogle released the antigravity-preview-09-2026 agent, which replaces and deprecates antigravity-preview-05-2026. Remote sandbox users reading only output_text or model_output steps need only update the agent string, while local-environment users or those parsing function_call steps must adapt to renamed tools, PascalCase parameters, and line-range file edits. The 05-2026 preview shuts down on October 5, 2026.

AISpeakeasy is open-sourcing its full OpenAPI client suite under the AGPLv3 license, including generators for seven languages (Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, C#, PHP, Ruby), an agent-native CLI generator, and a documentation MCP server generator. Google said the move followed the May 2026 shutdown of the SDK generation provider it had been using, which it cited as evidence that closed-source generators pose platform risk. Google's new Google GenAI SDKs for the Interactions, Agents, and Webhooks APIs were built with this pipeline across six targets.

AIMosaic, Ponder Studio, and Revyl used early access to Google's Gemini Flash models to test agentic video understanding on long footage. Mosaic reports a 97% cut in median token usage and nearly double the ability to handle complex edits, while Ponder Studio reports a 0.967 F1 score and about 72% lower token costs for B-roll selection. Revyl says the approach improved mobile UI bug-catching accuracy by 65%. The capability is available now for video uploads and YouTube videos via the Gemini API.

AIDemis Hassabis says he and Shane Legg have long discussed AGI's potential impact on the economy, science, and society. Google DeepMind is now expanding interdisciplinary research on key questions for the AI era through the DeepMind Institute.

AIDemis Hassabis introduced the DeepMind Institute and linked to a short essay explaining its purpose. The post itself gives no further details about the institute's programs, funding, or leadership.

AIDemis Hassabis said he was honoured to receive the Albert Medal from the RSA, arguing that while science and technology enable major opportunities, the arts and humanities will be crucial in shaping the future society wants in the coming AGI era. He also pointed to a discussion with Hannah Fry covering a range of new topics.

AIAntigravity has fixed the high-load errors affecting Gemini 3.8 Flash requests and rolled out quota resets for all users. The earlier post said the team was actively resolving the request failures before resetting rate limits.

AIGoogle has put Agent Anomaly Detection into Private Preview on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, a reasoning-based audit layer that reviews agent reasoning traces, tool calls, and execution flow to flag behavioral anomalies and policy violations. It runs asynchronously without adding runtime latency and publishes findings to Security Command Center. The preview requires ADK 1.2 or later.

AIGoogle Antigravity has published documentation about its sandbox. The post links to the sandbox documentation page for more information.

AIJeff Dean congratulated Periodic Labs on results from its materials-science AI work. The post itself provides no specific figures, so the announcement is limited to the congratulations.

AIGoogle AI Studio released Gemini 3.8 Live, a native speech-to-speech model with an Extended Thinking variant, and made it available through the Live API. Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, released last month, supports 85+ languages with a reported 4.0% streaming and 2.6% non-streaming Word Error Rate, and accepts a custom vocabulary of up to 1,000 terms. Live API audio pricing is listed at $0.005/min for input and $0.018/min for output.

Why it matters: The post lists concrete Live API capabilities, per-minute audio pricing, and transcription accuracy figures, helping developers weigh voice agent options against their own cascaded pipelines.

AIGoogle has published a blog post on building real-time voice applications with Gemini audio. The post itself contains only a link, so specific features, models, or capabilities cannot be confirmed from this source.

AIVarun Mohan says Gemini 3.8 Flash on Antigravity is under high load, causing some requests to fail. The team is actively fixing the issue and plans to reset rate limits once it is resolved.

AIGoogle is promoting a student offer for its AI plans, linked from the post. The post itself gives no details on pricing, eligibility, duration, or included features.

AIGoogle's Gemini Notebook now offers live spoken Q&A over class materials in about 100 languages, and lets students record lectures on the go with audio notes saved automatically to a chosen notebook. University students in 140+ countries can also still get a free Google AI Plan for higher limits and access to more Google products.

AIGoogle has announced new study tools for Gemini notebooks, detailed in a September 2026 blog post. The post itself contains only a link and the single word "The features," so no specific tools, capabilities, or figures can be confirmed from this source.

AIGoogle is hosting a first-of-its-kind Gemini Audio experience in San Francisco next week, with Logan Kilpatrick attending. The post also points to new Live audio models for building real-time voice applications.

AIGoogle is rolling out Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking across several channels. Consumers get them in Search Live and Gemini Live, developers get public preview access through the Gemini API, and enterprises get private preview through Gemini Enterprise, with Customer Experience support coming soon.

Why it matters: The post lays out where each Gemini 3.8 Live variant reaches consumers, developers, and enterprises, which clarifies access paths for a voice model release.

AIGoogle DeepMind introduced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two live dialogue models for voice agents. Extended Thinking scores 82.6 on Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index, 68.6% on τ-Voice, and 97.7% on Big Bench Audio. Gemini 3.8 Live is rolling out now in the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Search Live, with enterprise access in private preview.

Why it matters: The release covers a voice model's benchmark results and availability across developer, enterprise, and consumer products, useful for judging voice agent options.

AIGoogle introduces Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two live dialogue models for voice agents that reason and speak simultaneously. The Extended Thinking version scores 82.6 on Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index and 97.7% on Big Bench Audio, while 3.8 Live targets scale and cost efficiency. Developers can access both through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio, and enterprise and consumer rollouts vary by product.

Why it matters: The source names the two models, their access paths, and specific benchmark results, showing how the voice agent capabilities differ between the two tiers.

AIGoogle reports that its technologies and products now power everyday interactions in more than 300 languages used by over 7 billion people, about 86% of the global population. The post describes new speech models, including Gemini 3.5 Live Translate and Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, plus the TranslateGemma open translation models trained across 55 languages.

AIGoogle says its technologies now support more than 300 languages spoken by 7 billion people, representing 86% of the global population. The company also released its AI & Economy ATLAS, which it describes as a look at how people are using AI globally. The post highlights recent AI science work, including AlphaGenome Atlas, WeatherNext 3, and a Planetary Prediction Engine.

AIGoogle is showcasing how partners are applying AI to societal challenges, including making disease detectable, treatable, and preventable, predicting natural disasters, expanding learning, and unlocking economic opportunities. The source describes these efforts as measurable real-world impact but provides no specific models, figures, or benchmarks.

AIGoogle has made two audio-to-audio models, Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, generally available through the Live API. Gemini 3.8 Live, model ID gemini-3.8-live, is the default for low-latency voice agents, with interleaved reasoning and asynchronous function calling. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, model ID gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking, supports background reasoning during live audio and is recommended when more reasoning is needed.

Why it matters: The changelog names two model IDs and their intended use, showing how Live API developers can choose between low-latency voice and higher background reasoning.

AIPart 2 of the zero-trust agents series moves security checks from agent code to the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform runtime. Model Armor screens prompts and responses, Semantic Governance Policies judge proposed tool calls against intent and business rules, and Agent Anomaly Detection flags multi-turn drainage that single-turn checks miss. The same Customer Support and Returns Agent from Part 1 is used, with the companion demo open-sourced on GitHub.

Why it matters: The post walks through a concrete refund agent under four attacks, showing how screening, intent judgment, and anomaly detection each catch what the others miss.

AIFast Company named Google the winner of its 2026 Innovation by Design Awards for its holistic design vision and new AI design language. The language spans products including the Gemini app, Google Maps' Immersive Navigation, and Search AI Mode. Josh Woodward, who runs Google's Gemini app, invited readers to design with the team.

AIGoogle DeepMind released EmbeddingGemma 2, an open model under Apache 2.0 that maps text, images, video, and audio into one shared 768-dimensional vector space. The model has 740M total parameters and supports 8,192-token context, with Matryoshka truncation to 128d, 256d, and 512d. The source reports 14% better code-task performance than EmbeddingGemma 1 and says it is designed for consumer hardware such as phones and laptops.

Why it matters: The release combines text, image, video, and audio retrieval in one 768-dimensional space at 740M parameters, a useful reference for on-device multimodal search design.