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News Oct 13, 2026

Google tests orbital AI data centers with first satellite launch

Google's Project Suncatcher has launched a test satellite carrying AI chips into orbit, marking a concrete step toward space-based data centers that could bypass Earth's power and land constraints.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read

News Oct 19, 2026

Google Research brings AI agents to the wet lab for autonomous molecular discovery

Google Research has developed a framework called VERID that connects AI agents to physical laboratory robots, enabling closed-loop molecular design cycles. The system combines a digital twin of laboratory equipment with machine learning to run experiments, learn from results, and self-improve.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read

News Oct 14, 2026

Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, shipping major performance gains across real-world coding and science tasks

Google has released Gemini 4 Argon globally for developers and enterprises, offering a frontier AI model that ranks first on benchmarks across finance, coding, legal, and tax work. The model demonstrates substantial gains in engineering productivity, open-source software optimization, 3D visualization, and scientific research at an introductory price of $2 per million input tokens.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read

News Oct 2, 2026

Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon with one million token output limit

Google has released Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier AI model featuring an industry-leading one million token output limit that enables deep, multi-step reasoning across complex professional tasks. The model targets software engineering, legal and financial research, and defensive cybersecurity applications. It is currently rolling out to trusted cyber defenders through Google's Fairwind Program, with broader developer and enterprise access planned after safety testing.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read

Mindbytes Aug 10, 2026

Google Faces Scrutiny Over AI Crawler Advantage as Scraping Gap Widens

Google's crawler accesses 3.2x more of the web than OpenAI's, prompting regulatory pushback and a new opt-out policy for AI training data.

Linsey Smith 1 min read

Mindbytes Jul 23, 2026

Google's Pichai Pushes Back on Claims Company Is Losing Ground in AI Race

Alphabet doubled down on Google AI as Sundar Pichai addressed Gemini 3.5 Pro delays, escalating the race against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Chinese AI models.

Linsey Smith 1 min read

Mindbytes Jul 14, 2026

Meta Is Building an AI Cloud Business to Rival AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

Meta is building an AI cloud platform to sell computing power and models, escalating competition among Big Tech companies in AI infrastructure.

gizmo guru 1 min read

Mindbytes Jul 9, 2026

Google's AI Video Tools Spark VFX Industry Backlash as Job Losses Mount

Google’s Gemini Omni Flash AI video tool fuels Hollywood backlash as 118,000 VFX jobs face disruption, despite SynthID watermark and A24 studio partnership.

Linsey Smith 1 min read

Mindbytes May 21, 2026

Google's AI Information Agents Are Killing News Traffic, Some Publishers Down 97%

Google's new AI search agents slash publisher referrals as data shows 33 percent global traffic drop, with some tech sites losing 97 percent of US visitors.

gizmo guru 1 min read

Mindbytes Mar 31, 2025

Google Expands Access to Gemini 2.5 Pro, Its Most Advanced AI Model

Google surprises users: Its most advanced AI, Gemini 2.5 Pro, now free—with reasoning skills rivaling ChatGPT and Claude.

gizmo guru 1 min read