All articles tagged with #gemini
On Sunday, July 12, 2026, the Moon in Cancer and a coming New Moon bring favorable horoscopes for Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, and Leo: Aries restarts home life, Taurus opens up emotionally, Gemini starts or grows a home-based venture, Cancer embraces self-love and personal growth, and Leo releases an ex to welcome a brighter future.
Google’s Android Bench adds eight new LLMs (including Claude Fable 5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 4.8, GLM 5.2, Kimi K2.7 Code, MiniMax M3, Qwen 3.7 Plus, Qwen 3.7 Max) and switches to the Harbor testing framework, placing Gemini 3.1 Pro in fifth behind GPT-5.4 and Claude models; Fable 5 posts the top accuracy (~84.5%) but at a high cost per run, while Gemini 3.1 Pro is cheaper (~$87) and Gemini 3.5 Flash runs the most expensive and longest; Google invites developers to run benchmarks and submit results via GitHub to shape future Android Bench tasks.
Apple's Siri AI on iPhone delivers fast, concise answers with strong integration to Apple apps, but Gemini remains the more capable tool for in-depth research and feature-rich tasks like notebooks and guides; Siri AI shines on quick queries while Gemini handles deeper research and more complex workflows.
Google’s new Workspace ad imagines the Founding Fathers using Gemini AI to draft the Declaration of Independence, featuring Ben Franklin texting Jefferson to check a draft, AI transcribing notes into a Google Doc, Gemini coordinating a meeting, taking notes during a Google Meet call, and a turkey-seal created by Nano Banana; The Verge calls the campaign ill-advised, corny, and simply dumb, arguing AI isn’t a credible tool for political organizing or historical writing.
On July 5, 2026, Mars aligns with Neptune, opening a day of opportunity for Gemini, Libra, and Sagittarius as a shift in mindset and openness can turn nascent chances into real progress, described as a rare, universe-gift moment that could lead to positive outcomes.
After waiting six years for a Google-made smart speaker, the Home Speaker is compact, loud, and sports Gemini with Thread/Matter support, but it isn’t a meaningful upgrade over the Nest Audio. It also suffers from an integrated power cable, audio downgrades versus the Nest Audio, and Gemini features that can be gated behind a Premium subscription, leaving it as a solid option mainly for existing Google Home users rather than a must-have upgrade amid strong competition from Amazon and Apple.
Google is expanding its personalized intelligence feature in the Gemini app to all eligible US personal accounts, allowing image-generation requests to reference data from Gmail and Google Photos (in any Gemini-supported language). However, Google Photos connectivity to Gemini isn’t available in Texas and Illinois due to state privacy laws.
Google is removing the paywall on Gemini's hyper-personalized image generator for eligible US users, letting the AI pull context from linked Google apps like Photos via Personal Intelligence and the Nano Banana image model to create tailored images. The rollout starts today and will expand over the coming weeks, with privacy safeguards: model training isn’t performed on private Photos libraries and users control which apps are linked.
Meta’s heavy use of Gemini AI tokens prompted Google to impose limits, disrupting Meta’s internal AI projects; Meta shifted from tokenmaxxing to token-efficient usage as part of a broader cost-cutting push, while Google’s capacity constraints reportedly spurred SpaceX/xAI compute deals, with other large firms also facing caps.
Google reportedly limited Meta’s access to Gemini AI models due to capacity constraints, disrupting some internal projects and affecting other clients; Meta has encouraged staff to use AI tokens more efficiently while Google Cloud contends with power limits and a growing backlog, even as cloud revenue rises.
Google has capped Meta’s access to its Gemini AI models after Meta sought more capacity than Google could provide, signaling infrastructure bottlenecks as demand for advanced AI services climbs. The restriction has disrupted some Meta projects and pushed the company to optimize AI-token usage, while Google races to add capacity—including a SpaceX computing deal—and Meta shifts toward its Muse Spark model.
Google’s new Home Speaker, powered by Gemini, offers better audio and solid microphone performance in a compact package, but key features require a Gemini Live subscription, making it a decent entry point for small smart homes rather than a dramatic upgrade for existing Google setups.
Google has pushed the Gemini 3.5 Pro rollout from June to July to incorporate real-world feedback from early testers and refine long-horizon tasks and agent-powered capabilities, as competition with OpenAI and Anthropic heats up; some users have had early access on Antigravity and LMArena, and 3.5 Pro builds on lessons from Flash 3.5.
The Verge’s hands-on review of Google’s $99 Home Speaker finds surprisingly strong, room-filling audio and reliable wake words, but its minimalist design makes the touch controls and status feedback less intuitive. Built to showcase Gemini, the device can cast, group, and pair with a Google TV, and it supports multi-room audio, yet the experience hinges on Gemini’s broader capabilities and may not replace existing speakers yet.
At Cannes Lions, Demis Hassabis says Google still attracts top AI researchers despite recent exits, citing the company’s large, diverse research bench and access to data, hardware and TPUs. He frames the talent market as ferociously competitive and argues Google’s diversified Gemini strategy will sustain its AI leadership, with departures not derailing the long-term trajectory.