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Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash on August 13, 2026, described as its most capable Flash model, built for coding and agentic work. Pricing is identical to the predecessor.
Google DeepMind unveiled WeatherNext Cyclones on August 6, 2026, an AI model forecasting cyclone track, intensity and wind structure up to 15 days ahead.
Anthropic has confirmed an in-house team to design custom AI chips. It wants to co-design silicon with its Claude models to cut cost and latency as demand grows.
Jeff Dean is leaving Google alongside three top researchers to launch Discovery Loop on August 5, 2026 — a public benefit corporation automating scientific discovery with AI.
Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics ER 2 — a reasoning model that plans multi-step tasks, analyzes video in real time and coordinates multiple robots, delegating motion to separate VLA models.
Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2 — three VLA models that control a humanoid's whole body and coordinate multiple robots. The ER 2 model tracks live video and plans tasks with sub-second latency.
