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Google this week launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new AI model that’s expected to be significantly better at programming than its predecessors. The new model is also said to be four times as fast as its competitors, Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5, and more than twice as fast as Gemini 3.1 Pro. Google stressed the possibility of using the model as a tool for autonomous AI agents, which could, among other things, help users with planning various projects. To ensure Gemini 3.5 Flash is not used for malicious purposes, Google added a number of new safety mechanisms. The new model is available via the Gemini app, Gemini API, Gemini Enterprise, Google AI Search, and Antigravity. And professional users, will soon have access to Gemini 3.5 Flash Pro, according to TechCrunch.
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AI agents can quickly become expensive without a clear strategy for planning, skill coverage, and budgets. This article shows how to use operations research and data science to optimize AI agent cost and resource allocation. You will learn how to frame common agent problems—skill coverage, project assignment, and budgeting—as set covering, assignment, and knapsack optimization models in Python using Gurobi. The post Optimizing AI Agent Planning with Operations Research and Data Science appeared first on Towards Data Science.
NEW YORK, May 20, 2026 — Tribal today announced a $10 million seed round led by Team8, with participation from DYDX Capital and a group of angel investors, including serial […] The post Tribal Raises $10M Seed to Bring Context-Aware AI Agents to Enterprise Systems appeared first on AIwire.
Google announced a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature that lets users restyle clips or even insert themselves into other people's videos using Gemini Omni. Now, at the bottom of a YouTube Short, when you click the remix icon, you'll see an option to "reimagine" it. Here, you can prompt Gemini to turn a video into pixel art, an anime, or a found-footage horror film. But, beyond that, you can also alter the contents by, say, inflating heads, inserting background actors, dressing people in pirate costumes, or even putting yourself in the clip. Creators can enable or disable the ability to reimagine videos. So, if you upload a short of your kids … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Some ads will have chatbots built in. | Image: Google Google's AI-powered Search era apparently also extends to its ads. Now, when you search for a product, Google's Gemini AI chatbot will surface relevant items and generate a "custom explainer" about why you should purchase a specific one. The update comes just one day after Google revealed a new Search box for larger, more conversational queries, along with a focus on AI-generated results. In an example shared by Google, someone searching for a "compact espresso pod machine" might see a Nespresso Vertuo Up under a "Sponsored Product" label, alongside an AI-generated description saying: For a quality machine, look for capsule compatibility … Read the full story at The Verge.