AI Overviews are coming to your Gmail at work

The AI Overviews will offer instant summaries pulled from across multiple emails.

Google Meet will take AI notes for in-person meetings too
Google Meet will take AI notes for in-person meetings too

Google’s AI meeting notetaker is no longer limited to Google Meets – Gemini can also generate summaries and transcripts of in-person meetings now, as well as meetings on Zoom and Microsoft Teams, as first reported by 9to5Google. Support for in-person meetings was previously limited to alpha users and only available on Android. Google’s support page […]

Google puts $750 million behind the consultants it needs to close the cloud gap
Google puts $750 million behind the consultants it needs to close the cloud gap

Summary: Google announced a $750 million fund at Cloud Next 2026 to finance partners’ agentic AI development, the largest single partner investment from any hyperscaler. Accenture has built 450+ agents, Deloitte committed its “largest investment yet,” …

Workspace Intelligence turns Gemini into an all-knowing do-it-all AI agent for your work

A few weeks ago, Google announced a new feature called Personal Intelligence. Broadly, the idea is to let Gemini access the content saved in your Gmail inbox and Photos library. The next time you ask the AI about travel plans, projects, or anything rel…

Gemini can now create documents, slides, meetings and more in chat

Google has integrated Gemini into Chat, allowing users to create documents, slides, and manage tasks directly within conversations.

Google just launched its agentic enterprise play, and it runs from chip to inbox
Google just launched its agentic enterprise play, and it runs from chip to inbox

Summary: Google rebranded and consolidated its AI platform at Cloud Next 2026, renaming Vertex AI to the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and absorbing Agentspace into a unified Gemini Enterprise product. The announcements include Workspace Studio (no-…

Google splits its next TPU in two, and the AI chip war just became a design philosophy fight
Google splits its next TPU in two, and the AI chip war just became a design philosophy fight

Summary: Google made Ironwood, its seventh-generation TPU, generally available at Cloud Next 2026 while previewing its eighth-generation architecture: TPU 8t (Sunfish), a Broadcom-designed training chip, and TPU 8i (Zebrafish), a MediaTek-designed infe…

Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia’s latest GB300 chips, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI

Generative AI is being infused into Google’s popular feature within Maps.

You can finally have human-like conversations with Google’s smart home Gemini

Google is adding Continued Conversation to Gemini for Home, letting Nest and Google Home users ask follow-up questions without repeating the wake phrase every time.