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Google (with Google DeepMind) builds the Gemini family of AI models.
Claude Fable 5.1, Meta and Google updates, then GPT-6 Astra — all within seven days.
$0.75/$3.75 per million tokens, up sharply on coding benchmarks, flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro still missing.
Transparency rules, GPAI powers and penalties applied from 2 August.
Effective 30 July. Terra down 20%, Sol unchanged with a faster mode added.
Google rebuilt Gemini 3.5 Pro from scratch, delaying it into July. Leaked reporting now points to a 17 July launch — and a security-benchmark twist.
The brief: Washington is finalising pre-launch AI-testing rules with OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, reportedly due as early as this week.
Announced at I/O, due 'next month' — and late June arrived without it.
The smarter Siri is real, ships this autumn, and reportedly runs on Google's model. The brief.
Original, verifiable maths — not just summaries. The brief.
Two milestones in one week. Here's the brief.
One model shipped, one stayed a promise.