… We’ve seen numerous instances of Google opting everyone into new AI experiences. This is happening more and more as AI becomes the company’s core focus, but Chrome’s AI features show this is not a new phenomenon. …
… However, these are designed for powering contextual features like Magic Cue and audio summarization. Siri, on the other hand, is supposed to be a conversational assistant—you talk to it and it does things. That’s a different experience that requires a different kind of model. …
… Last month, though, we heard reports that Apple was having trouble cramming all of Gemini’s features into completely local on-device models. At WWDC, Apple announced a new two-tier structure to its on-device Apple Intelligence offerings. …
… The company has announced the release of a new Gemma 4 model that fills a gap in the lineup that launched earlier this year. The new model is efficient enough that you may be able to run it on a pretty average consumer laptop. …
… In this year’s OS releases , most Apple Intelligence devices get AFM 3 Core, a new Gemini-based model co-developed by Google and Apple. …
… And over the past year, Anthropic has released a plethora of new features, products, and surfaces for interacting with its models. Claude Code went from the CLI to the IDE to the desktop, and new tools for managing multiple agents were rolled out, too. …
… The new AI model is part of the version 3.5 family that launched at I/O . Before today, Google had only rolled out the Flash version, but we’re expecting a Pro model to drop in the coming weeks. …
… API pricing for the new model is significantly lower than the Pro model it apes. Gemini 3.5 Flash clocks in at $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $9 per 1M output tokens. The 3.1 Pro model starts at $2 and $12, respectively, and it’s higher if you use more than 200k tokens. …
… For David John Gagne of NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research, the impact on weather forecasting is sizable. “It’s the biggest contributor to progress both in terms of improvements in predictive accuracy and causing a reckoning in the broader atmospheric science community that has required… …
… Google is also adding new automation options, both triggers and actions. …