Microsoft just kicked off Build 2026 with a keynote from CEO Satya Nadella and other company leaders. As expected, it was filled with announcements, ranging from new Surface hardware to an always-on personal assistant and updates across Microsoft’s in-house AI models. …
Posted Apr 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM UTC R Robert Hart OpenAI’s DevDay 2026 has a date. …
Google I/O 2026 kicks off today, with the event’s keynote presentation slated for 10AM PT / 1PM ET on May 19th. Gemini is expected to be front and center once again at this year’s developer conference, with Google potentially introducing new versions of AI models and more agentic AI features. …
… We also go over Google’s model updates, as well as its shift to world models with Gemini Omni, a theoretically ambitious new family that is off to a very focused start. --- Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/Vergecast-Tile-Large.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all Verge s… …
… Allison Johnson , Nilay Patel and 1 more May 19 Google I/O 2026: All the news and announcements Stevie Bonifield 48 minutes ago Google I/O 2026: How to watch and what to expect Stevie Bonifield May 19 Gemini is in danger of going full Copilot That sparkle icon is showing up everywhere these days. …
Google’s I/O 2026 keynote today was once again full of AI-related announcements including a new family of Gemini 3.5 AI models, new features for Search and Gmail, and updates about its Project Aura smart glasses. …
Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new “flagship” model: MAI-Thinking-1. It’s an ambitious step into model development for Microsoft, which introduced its initial in-house models last year — before then, it had relied on OpenAI’s models. …
Google is announcing a major new family of generative AI models that it calls Gemini Omni. …
… This time around Microsoft is refreshing its Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models with Intel’s latest Core Ultra Series 3 processors first, ahead of similar models with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 processors later this year. …
… The company typically finds itself using the newer, more expensive reasoning models about 25–30% of the time, splitting the rest of its usage between Eve’s own open-source variants and smaller, cheaper models from leading labs. …
