The new Live and Extended Thinking models bring faster spoken interaction, visual grounding, background tool use and stronger reasoning to Gemini apps and the Live API.
The new Flash model improves software engineering, document reasoning and business automation while temporarily cutting the 3.6 Flash launch price in half.
A new paper says opaque reasoning blocks from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google APIs could be replayed across sessions and decoded by weaker compatible models; the main attacks have reportedly been mitigated.
The multi-year partnership will bring Abbott Lingo glucose insights into Google Health and use them for personalized coaching and metabolic-health research.
The Gemini- and Astra-based research system interpreted visual and audio cues in simulated primary-care consultations, but Google says it is not ready for real-world deployment.
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