Google launches Gemini 3.5 Flash to push AI agents deeper into enterprise workflows

Google has released Gemini 3.5 Flash, a new AI model built for coding and AI agents. It is now generally available in the Gemini API, and Google says it is made for long tasks, agent workflows, and fast coding loops. The main idea is simple. Google wants Gemini to move beyond basic chatbot answers. With […]

For years, tech companies have promised AI will give everyone a capable personal assistant but delivered something more like a clueless intern. Over the past six months, that has started to change, thanks largely to the viral open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw. And among the top AI labs now chasing similar success, one seems particularly well-poised to make agents succeed at a large scale: Google. At I/O 2026, Google announced new AI agents for gathering information, planning events, summarizing your inbox and calendar, and more. The agents can run continuously in the background, and the company claims they'll seamlessly integrate into … Read the full story at The Verge.

Google is recasting its enterprise AI roadmap around autonomous systems and AGI, with DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis telling I/O attendees the industry now sits at the “foothills of the singularity.” “When we look back at this time, I think we all realise that we were standing in the foothills of the singularity,” Hassabis said in his speech at Google I/O. “It will be a profound moment for humanity.” The remarks capped a keynote spanning AI agents, cybersecurity systems, scientific research tools, coding platforms, and simulations — suggesting Google increasingly views AI not as standalone enterprise features, but as a broader operational platform capable of executing complex tasks across environments. “AGI is now on the horizon, and it will be the most profound and impactful technology ever invented,” Hassabis said. “If built right, it could propel human progress and flourishing beyond our imaginations.” While terms such as AGI and singularity have historically remained largely confined

With Google’s annual I/O gala in full force this week, Gemini and AI are taking center stage and being presented as the future of practically everything. Here in the land of Android, though, Gemini’s been quietly competing for attention with another relatively youthful on-demand assistant — and that’s a far less in-your-face feature called Circle to Search. Circle to Search is essentially an instant portal to the even less widely known Android Google Lens setup, which has been serving up genuinely practical real-world advantages for Android device-owners in the know for years now — since way back before the word “Gemini” had any Googley meaning. And whether you also adore Gemini or find it to be more hype than help, it’s well worth your while to dig into Circle to Search — or maybe just revisit its potential, if you’d perhaps explored it briefly early on and then forgotten about it — to see what it can do for you. Here, specifically, are 10 simple but supremely useful ways Circle to Se

Firefox chief Ajit Varma explains how Mozilla is betting on privacy, optional AI tools, and its nonprofit structure to compete against browsers from Google, Apple, and Microsoft.

OpenAI has announced two complementary measures to help users identify AI-generated images, partnering with Google on technology that addresses one of the most pressing challenges in the era of generative AI. The company is adopting C2PA, an open standard developed by a non-profit coalition founded in 2021, which embeds readable metadata signals identifying an image […]

Google used its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday to unveil the most sweeping transformation of its product lineup in years, placing agentic artificial intelligence at the centre of everything from search and shopping to coding, smart glasses, and the physical world. The centrepiece of the event was Gemini 3.5 Flash, described by DeepMind chief […]

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