# Google

[https://timesof.ai/platform/google](https://timesof.ai/platform/google)

Google (including DeepMind) conducts foundational AI research and deploys models across search, cloud, and consumer products.

Google combines massive scale with deep research through DeepMind and Google Research.

## Coverage

- [Google Launches Playground — Prompt-to-Game for US Adults, Unity Spark Next](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/google-playground-prompt-to-game-unity-spark) — Google Playground lets US adults 18+ build games from prompts. Unity Spark closed beta soon. Roblox fell as much as 8% premarket.
- [Google Brings Gemini in Chrome Auto Browse to Paid Users in India — English Only](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/google-gemini-chrome-auto-browse-india) — Google opens Gemini in Chrome to all Android users in India and auto browse to AI Pro/Ultra there. English-only for now; secure-by-design is Google’s claim.
- [Google Contracts 3.59 GW from Constellation — Only 890 MW Is New Nuclear](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/google-constellation-890mw-nuclear-uprates-3-6gw) — Google signs 20-year PPA for 890 MW of new nuclear uprates plus a 15-year 2.7 GW PJM supply deal. Total 3.59 GW; only 890 MW is new nuclear capacity.
- [Biohub's $1.8B Virtual Biology Stack Mixes New Cash With Prior Pledges](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/biohub-virtual-biology-initiative-1-8b-google-meta-doe) — Biohub's $1.8B virtual-cell push mixes $300M corporate and DOE $500M+ new commitments with April Biohub and prior NIH spend. Embargoes for funders.
- [Anthropic Puts Claude in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides — Marketplace Beta, Not a Partnership](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/anthropic-claude-for-google-workspace-beta) — Anthropic’s Claude sidebar lands in Docs, Sheets and Slides via Marketplace beta. Not a Google partnership; Gemini stays native. Enterprise CMEK/OTel apply.
- [Andhra HC Lets Google–Adani Vizag Data Centre Work Continue at Developer's Own Risk, Mint Reports](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/google-adani-vizag-data-centre-hc-own-risk) — Mint: Andhra Pradesh HC lets Google–Adani Vizag data centre work continue at own risk and cost pending PIL. Single-source interim order; case ongoing.
- [NYC Council Puts Labs Under Oath — No Catastrophic-Risk Number, No Release-Gate Promise; xAI Skips Subpoena](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/nyc-council-ai-hearing-labs-under-oath) — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta under oath at NYC Council: no catastrophic-risk number, no release-gate vow. xAI skipped a subpoena. Bills are still proposals.
- [Same MCP Trust-Boundary Bug Across Google, JPMorgan, Weaviate and Two Governments](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/mcp-protocol-pivoting-cross-agent-ssrf) — Researcher Syed Anas Mohiuddin + Ars: same MCP SSRF/trust-boundary pattern at Google, JPMorgan, Weaviate, DINUM, Tangerang. Federal findings class-level only.
- [Gemini 4 Argon Opens as a Fairwind-Gated Cyber Frontier — Guardrails Come Later](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/google-gemini-4-argon) — Gemini 4 Argon ships Fairwind/gov without cyber guardrails; API and AI Ultra later. Lab DeepSWE 77.9%, AutomationBench 51.3%; no Arena Elo yet.
- [Trump and Frontier CEOs Sign a Voluntary ‘Morally Binding’ Accord — No Legal Force](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/white-house-frontier-responsibilities-accord) — Trump and frontier CEOs signed a voluntary Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities: four-layer self-audits, no legal force, company-chosen auditors.
- [Lehane Says Safety Talks With Anthropic and Google Are Live — No Antitrust Waiver Needed](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/openai-lehane-anthropic-google-safety-talks) — Chris Lehane says OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have talked AI safety for weeks without needing an antitrust waiver. Huang and Zuckerberg push back.
- [Gemini 3.8 Live Claims the Independent Speech-to-Speech Board](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/google-gemini-3-8-live-extended-thinking) — Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking leads Artificial Analysis S2S Quality Index at 82.6. API $0.005/$0.018 per min; powers Search Live and Gemini Live.
- [Apple Ships Siri AI Last Among the Majors — and Ships Around Brussels](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/apple-siri-ai-apple-intelligence) — Siri AI English beta ships with personal context and on-device Apple Intelligence. Not initially on iPhone in the EU; China delayed.
- [WeatherNext 3 Puts 5 km Hourly Forecasts Inside Search and Maps](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/google-weathernext-3) — WeatherNext 3 delivers hourly 5 km forecasts live in Search, Gemini, and Maps. Brightband ranks it most accurate global AI weather model to date.
- [Google’s Third Flash in Six Weeks Splits Cyber Into a Gated SKU](https://timesof.ai/2026/09/google-gemini-3-8-flash-cyber-fairwind) — Gemini 3.8 Flash holds $0.75/$3.75 intro pricing through year-end. Flash Cyber is Fairwind-gated for defenders — Google’s third Flash in six weeks.
- [The Interesting Move Is Who Signed OpenAI’s Cyber Letter — Not the Prose](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/openai-collective-cyber-defense-letter) — OpenAI’s cyber-defense open letter signed by Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, AWS, and 100-plus firms — no deadlines or dollar pledges.
- [Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash Is a Director’s API — Extend, Interpolate, Upscale](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/google-gemini-omni-1-1-flash) — Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash ships with 40-second scene extension, first/last frames, and 4K upscaling — a director’s API for developers.
- [Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Folds ASR Into the Gemini Name — Chirp 3 Replaced](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/google-gemini-3-5-transcribe) — Gemini 3.5 Transcribe ships with 4.0% streaming WER on Artificial Analysis, 85+ languages, replacing Chirp 3.
- [Grok 4.6 Hits Google’s Agent Garden Two Days After Bedrock](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/spacexai-grok-4-6-google-enterprise) — Grok 4.6 lands on Google Enterprise Agent Platform Model Garden at $2/$6 per million tokens — AWS and Google within a week of 4.6.
- [Gemma’s Billion-Download Badge Is Distribution Infra — Not 1B Unique Users](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/google-gemma-one-billion-downloads) — Gemma open models passed 1 billion downloads; Awesome Gemma GitHub directory launched. Distribution milestone — not Gemini app MAU.
- [Google Pays for a Second TPU Foundry — $12.2B Warrant on Marvell](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/google-marvell-12-billion-warrant) — Marvell gave Google a warrant for up to 58.97 million shares at $206.58 (~$12.2B), tied to custom AI chips through FY2033.
- [Google Buys the Campus Default — Pro in the U.S., Plus Everywhere Else](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/google-gemini-student-offer) — Google offers eligible college students 12 months of AI Pro (U.S.) or Plus (140+ markets). Split SKU vs OpenAI’s teen and Edu push.
- [Guidelight Grades Frontier Labs on Control — Nobody Above a C+](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/guidelight-frontier-lab-control-assessment) — Guidelight graded five frontier labs on rogue-model control. Anthropic and OpenAI tied at C+; Meta scored F. Nobody above 3/5 on any practice.
- [Google Hides the Sparkle — SynthID Stays When the Visible Mark Goes](https://timesof.ai/2026/08/google-gemini-visible-watermark-toggle) — Google lets Gemini users hide the visible sparkle watermark on images, video, and music; SynthID and C2PA stay. Opposite user-facing choice from Claude’s every-sentence key.