Mashable

Google launches Gemini 3.5 Flash model. How to try it for free now.

Google just unveiled a new family of models for Gemini at its annual Google I/O developers conference: Gemini 3.5. The first model will be Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new AI model that's available now at no ...
Digital Trends

Google could be prepping a powerful new Gemini AI model to outsmart ChatGPT

Google could announce a new Gemini AI model at I/O on May 19, and the timing is aggressive. A report says the release is expected to land near OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 class, while still trailing Anthropic’s ...
Futurism

Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users’ PCs

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. As of ...
Snopes.com

Google Chrome may have silently installed 4GB AI model on your computer. Here's how to check

Reporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model on users' devices without consent, and that the model reinstalls itself if ...
BGR

Google Chrome Just Silently Installed A 4GB AI Model On Your Device - Here's How To Remove It

Resourceful users have discovered a file approximately 4 GB in size that Google silently installed on all machines with Google Chrome. It's essentially part of a mass-distributed AI model available ...
Gizmodo

Google Chrome Is Downloading a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device Without Consent, Researcher Warns

Even if you aren’t using Google Gemini, it might be using your device. Security researcher Alexander Hanff, also known as “That Privacy Guy,” recently reported ...
TechSpot

Google Chrome has been silently pushing a 4GB AI model to your device without asking

Ripple effect: Google started turning Chrome, the world's most popular web browser, into an AI browser last year in response to threats from popular AI-native rivals such as OpenAI. Recent reports ...
Mashable

Google launches Gemma 4, a new open-source model: How to try it

Google just released its newest AI model Gemma 4, which is now both open and open source. Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google just released the latest version of its ...
InfoQ

Google Open-Sources the Common Expression Language for Python

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...
TechCrunch

Google launches Nano Banana 2 model with faster image generation

Google today announced the latest version of its popular image generation model, Nano Banana 2. The new model, which is technically Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, can create more realistic images than its ...
Bleeping Computer

Google Chrome now lets you turn off on-device AI model powering scam detection

Google Chrome now lets you delete the local AI models that power the "Enhanced Protection" feature, which was upgraded with AI capabilities last year. Enhanced protection has been in Chrome for a few ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Google Ads Using New AI Model To Catch Fraudulent Advertisers

Google Ads quietly rolls out a powerful new AI model that is better able to catch policy violations and malicious activity. Google published a research paper about a new AI model for detecting fraud ...