Media worry about falling audiences as AI use grows
A drop in visits to news sites in September has heightened publishers’ concerns about the rise of AI, particularly Google’s AI Overviews in search.
French news sites lose nearly a quarter of their traffic, with Google under scrutiny
An analysis by The Media Leader of ACPM data shows the websites of 40 French news brands lost 22.9% of their visits in a year. The drop follows the rollout of Google’s AI summaries, although no direct link has been established.
Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses
Google is turning Gemini into an agent that can plan and carry out tasks across business apps and systems. It can delegate work to subagents, use several AI models and has its own workplace identity, including an email address.
Do ChatGPT and Google favor brands active on social media?
A study by SE Ranking shows that ChatGPT and Google draw on social media content in their AI-generated answers. A social media presence can boost a brand’s visibility, though it does not guarantee being cited.
Google now pays some websites used to generate its AI answers
Google has begun paying some websites whose content feeds its AI answers. Around a hundred sites benefit so far, without clear information on how the amounts are calculated.
Google rolls out improved SynthID AI content detector, now available globally
Google has launched an improved SynthID detector worldwide through a new website. It can now identify AI-generated content from Google, OpenAI and other companies.
Introducing Playground: Create and play custom games
Google has introduced Playground, a tool for creating and playing custom games.
EmbeddingGemma 2: an open, lightweight multimodal embedding model
Google DeepMind has released EmbeddingGemma 2, an open and lightweight model that produces multimodal embeddings.
Gemini will become much less powerful for non-paying users
Google has updated its documentation to say that from Oct. 9, users without a subscription will lose access to Gemini Flash and Pro. The free tier will be significantly restricted.
Why Google is suspending part of its open source bug bounty
Since Oct. 1, 2026, Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability reports in its open source software reward program, OSS VRP. ActuIA looks at the reasons behind the decision.
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EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything
At an MIT Technology Review event, Google Research head Yossi Matias discussed how AI is starting to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing and science. He argued its biggest impact may come from combining it with other fields.
The latest AI news we announced in September 2026
Google has published a roundup of the AI updates it announced in September 2026.
Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
A U.S. judge has dismissed antitrust suits brought by Chegg and Penske over Google’s AI-powered search. The court recognized that AI search has consequences but ruled it is not an antitrust matter.
Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence
Google DeepMind has announced Gemini 4 Argon, which it presents as the start of a new era for its frontier models.
Introducing SynthID Bio
Google DeepMind has presented SynthID Bio, a proof of concept for watermarking proteins designed by AI. The watermark is meant to leave the proteins’ biological function intact.
Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar
Google DeepMind has introduced a Live Avatar feature for Gemini 3.8 Live.
Google Beam expands with new regions, partners, and customers
Google says its Beam video communication platform is expanding to new regions and adding partners and customers.
Advancing Private AI Compute with secure, server-side memory
Google is adding private, server-side memory to Private AI Compute, its system for personal AI. The feature is designed to keep users’ data protected.
Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech says hello
Google DeepMind has announced text-to-speech capabilities for Gemini 3.8.
New experts join Google’s AI & Economy team
Google has added new experts to its AI & Economy research program, which studies the economic impact of artificial intelligence.
Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Google DeepMind has announced Gemini 3.8 Live along with a 3.8 Live Extended Thinking variant.
AI for Societal Impact
Google has assembled a collection showing how experts and local leaders apply recent AI advances. The stated goal is to spread the opportunities created by AI more widely.
Building AI to accelerate science and improve lives
Google presents its work on AI aimed at speeding up science and improving people’s lives, illustrated with examples from education and healthcare.
AI for everyone in every language
Google highlights its efforts to make AI available in many languages so that more people can use it.
New insights from Google’s AI & Economy ATLAS
Google has published new findings from its AI & Economy Atlas, a project tracking the economic effects of artificial intelligence. The post presents version 1.0 of the atlas.