The updated Build tab serves as the entry point to vibe coding. It introduces a new layout and workflow where users can select from Google’s suite of AI models and features to power their applications. The default is Gemini 2.5 Pro, which is great for most cases.

Google has decided to retire Privacy Sandbox, which was meant to eventually replace third-party cookies in Chrome, due to "low levels of adoption."

Meta has poached a key Google DeepMind researcher, in a sign that competition for talent in an emerging area of AI development is heating up.

Google has warned Gmail users to secure their accounts, adding passkeys and changing weak passwords. It has also warned that hackers are gaining access to those accounts using stolen credentials. The alarming increase in two-factor authentication bypasses makes this worse. No users should still rely on SMS for security.

NotebookLM is a Google AI-powered research and writing tool that functions as a virtual research assistant. It allows users to help users summarize, extra and understand complex information from their own uploaded documents or from the internet or other sources.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared what it was like to get beat to market by OpenAI with ChatGPT and says the startup deserved credit.

On top of the basic Veo 3.1 model, there's also a new Veo 3.1 Fast model, which is basically a lighter weight version of Veo 3.1. They're both now available in Gemini, the Vertex AI platform, and Google Flow, the AI video editing tool that's designed around AI-generated videos and editing them together.

Eric Schmidt alerts that hackers can reverse-engineer AI models to bypass safety measures, citing examples like the jailbroken ChatGPT variant called DAN.

Google Fi is introducing AI-enhanced audio, which should improve sound quality. The feature launches in November.