Türkiye launches an antitrust investigation into Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode over news publisher traffic, content licensing and competition concerns.
Google reports its strongest search query growth in five years as AI Mode expands, but acknowledges lower ad monetisation and plans to introduce more AI-powered tasks.
Google and Stanford introduce Polar Peaks, an AI brain-mapping game for students aged 11–14, as AI Quests crosses 400,000 completed activities.
TechDogs releases its October 2026 MarTech Code issue, examining AI agents, declining Google Search referrals, marketing automation and technology stack consolidation.
Google DeepMind unveils Genie 4, an AI world model that creates interactive 3D environments with realistic visuals, native audio and real-time controls.
OpenCode reports a security breach affecting 1.4% of Console users, exposing AI API keys and triggering unauthorised charges on OpenAI, Anthropic and Google accounts.
Google updates AI Mode and AI Overviews to show more news links, highlight publisher content and improve source visibility amid declining website traffic.
L'Oréal expands its AI search strategy, testing Google AI Overviews advertising and exploring partnerships as conversational AI reshapes brand discovery and marketing.
Google AI Overviews have been spotted responding to typos, random text and searches with no matching web pages, highlighting changes in AI-powered search behaviour.
Google launches AI Edge Foresight, an offline AI meeting assistant for Mac that transcribes conversations, generates notes and answers questions using on-device Gemma models.
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS for custom AI voices, dubbing, podcasts and voice agents across more than 100 languages.
Google DeepMind has selected four Indian startups for its first AI for the Planet accelerator, supporting AI-led solutions across agriculture, carbon and biodiversity.
Cathay Pacific is testing Google's AI-powered contrail forecasting technology to help pilots identify routes that could reduce the climate impact of persistent aircraft contrails.
Google and The One Club have launched a global AI Creative Challenge featuring 128 creators, 16 cities and $50,000 in prize money, with Mumbai hosting an event in October.
Google has launched Gemini 3.7 Flash with stronger coding, agentic workflow and web development capabilities, alongside lower introductory API pricing.
Accel has raised $550 million for its ninth India fund, maintaining its early-stage strategy as AI, deeptech and advanced manufacturing gain investment focus.
Google chief scientist Jeff Dean has left after 27 years to co-found Discovery Loop, an AI startup focused on automating machine learning and scientific research.
Google Maps has introduced agentic AI features that let users order food, discover hotels and personalise travel planning through conversational AI.
As AI assistants reshape online shopping, brands are shifting focus from Google rankings to AI recommendations, making trust, structured data and credibility critical for visibility.
AI search is changing brand discovery. Learn how the four Ps of Presence, Parsability, Proof and Performance can help brands improve visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI.
Google Vids now lets users create AI avatars and generate or edit videos using Gemini Omni, expanding AI-powered video creation for Workspace and AI subscribers.
L2T has adopted a .ai domain to reflect its AI-powered dealership marketing platform, expanding capabilities across customer data, automation, generative AI and AI search.
Google has expanded AI Mode with Canva, Instacart and YouTube Music integrations, enabling users to create designs, playlists and grocery carts directly from Search.
AI search is reshaping digital discovery. Learn how businesses can improve visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and Perplexity beyond traditional SEO.
Google has launched Gemini-powered marketing tools in India, enabling businesses to create AI-generated ad creatives, product images and campaign assets.
Google leads AI-driven discovery while ChatGPT remains the largest standalone AI referral source, highlighting the growing importance of AI-first search strategies.
AI is reshaping website traffic as search shifts to direct answers and AI recommendations, forcing marketers to rethink SEO, content strategy and digital visibility.
Meta has launched Muse Image, its first in-house AI image generation model, bringing advanced image creation and editing capabilities across Meta AI, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Google has launched Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash, introducing faster AI image generation and multimodal video creation tools for creators and enterprises.
Google AI Studio now allows users to build Android apps within minutes using AI-powered app generation and development tools.
Google researchers introduce PaperOrchestra, a multi agent AI system designed to automate research paper writing and streamline academic workflows.
Google AI helps decode a Japanese AC remote, highlighting practical everyday applications of AI tools.
NotebookLM is being adopted by marketers to turn internal documents into insights, improving research, content workflows, and decision-making.
A former Google AI researcher has launched a robotics startup in Japan focused on building intelligent machines that combine artificial intelligence with advanced robotics systems.
BrightEdge research finds Google AI Overviews are 44 percent more likely to criticise brands than ChatGPT responses, raising new reputation risks for marketers.
Google Search has expanded Gemini Canvas to all US users in AI Mode, introducing an interactive workspace for editing and refining AI generated responses.
Google’s AI Overviews are expanding rapidly across nine industries, reshaping search visibility and digital marketing strategies.
Google rolls out Nano Banana 2 as its default AI image generation tool, enhancing prompt accuracy, visual quality and enterprise integration capabilities.
Google and Peking University introduce PaperBanana, a multi-agent AI system that automates methodology diagrams and statistical plots for research papers.
A new study shows Google’s AI-generated health overviews increasingly cite YouTube content, raising questions about information sources and reliability in AI-powered search results.
Demis Hassabis has questioned the early introduction of advertising in AI chatbots, signalling Google’s cautious approach to monetising conversational AI experiences.
Google Photos is testing an AI-powered feature that turns user selfies into memes, highlighting its push to integrate generative AI into everyday consumer apps.
As AI-driven search tools replace traditional links with generated answers, marketers are rethinking discovery. Generative Engine Optimization is emerging as the next evolution of search strategy.
Google’s AI Futures Fund has invested in Emergent to support the startup’s agentic no-code app building platform aimed at accelerating AI-driven software creation.
Google introduces a sub ₹5 AI Plus subscription in India as it looks to widen consumer access and compete in the AI services market.
Google unveils Nested Learning, a new approach designed to solve AI memory loss and enable more human-like continuous learning across tasks.
Reliance Jio expands free Google AI Pro offer, bringing Gemini Live and AI tools to all users in India.
Google AI and Yale scientists uncover potential cancer therapy pathway using Gemma, marking a major milestone in AI-assisted biomedical research.
Google expands AI Mode to 180 countries with new agentic features, enabling restaurant bookings, personalization, and proactive task handling with privacy safeguards.
Google says AI Overviews are not cutting website clicks, citing stable traffic, but publishers remain unconvinced.
