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News on Google’s AI projects like Assistant, DeepMind, and AI tools.

China’s Moonshot and Alibaba Turn Up the Heat in the AI Race

China AI race intensifies as Moonshot and Alibaba unveil frontier models they say rival OpenAI and Anthropic at lower cost.

Moonshot’s Kimi K3 reignites the open source AI debate, shaking markets and sparking new U.S.-China policy arguments.

San Francisco demands Apple and Google remove nudify apps, saying the stores helped profit from AI deepfakes and failed to stop abuse.

Google Vids adds AI video avatars and Gemini Omni, letting users create and edit personalized videos faster for work and training.

Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and expands integration with Gemini, Search AI Mode, and cloud code execution.

Google’s AI Mode adds app links for Instacart, Canva and YouTube, turning conversational search into a task-completing assistant.

The EU’s Google DMA ruling forces Android and Search access changes that could boost AI rivals and reshape competition in Europe.

Microsoft’s AI strategy is shifting as it reportedly coaches sales teams to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic on cost, speed and security.

Apple opens its new Siri to public testers in iOS 27, bringing AI-powered assistant features to billions of devices before the September launch.

Google Images is getting a personalized browse feed, while Google Search adds AI-generated images in Overviews with Nano Banana 2 Lite.