Google rolls out Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash with 15-second clips
The video model is generally available on the Gemini API at $0.07 per second of 720p, 30% below Omni 1.1.
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Anthropic expanding text watermark to more Claude models but bypassable on older ones
Anthropic is watermarking Claude Opus 4.6, Opus 4.5, Sonnet 4.5, and Haiku 4.5 starting November 16, 2026, but API users can disable it by changing sampling parameters on Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6.
Google DeepMind unveils Genie 4 real-time world model as research preview
Only select testers have it now; Google AI Ultra subscribers and early Gemini API partners are due next, with SynthID on outputs.
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Apple releases iOS and macOS 27.2 with new Siri AI features
Siri can recall past chats and use voicemails and Messages attachments, but stays unavailable in Europe and mainland China.
Black-box attack defeats statistical LLM watermarks including SynthID
The attack drops detection to at most 0.05 on seven schemes and three models without keys or weights.
Google says 180 billion images and videos now carry SynthID watermarks as detector goes public
Google opened its SynthID Detector publicly and says over 180 billion images and videos carry its watermarks.
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT text in the EU but makes it optional for API users worldwide
OpenAI will watermark EU ChatGPT text with textGrain but let API customers worldwide turn it off.
Import AI 475: Swarm scaling; Google DeepMind watermarks biology; and the AI science economy
Import AI covers swarm scaling, a US AI-rules poll, DeepMind's SynthID Bio, and lab-automation benchmarks.
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Google’s SynthID Bio can watermark AI-designed protein binders without breaking them
DeepMind's SynthID Bio watermarks AI-designed proteins for screening without hurting binder function.
Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins
Google DeepMind's SynthIDBio watermarks AI-designed proteins without breaking function, aiding biosecurity checks.
Introducing SynthID Bio
Google DeepMind unveiled SynthID Bio, a watermark for AI-designed proteins that remains detectable after synthesis.
Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face
Google's Gemini 3.8 Live adds Live Avatar, a real-time animated face for enterprise customers across 97 languages.
Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar
Google DeepMind added Live Avatar real-time video presence to Gemini 3.8 Live in Gemini Enterprise.
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Google Releases Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS With Prompt-Based Voice Design
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS with prompt-based voice design, 2,000+ voices, and consent-gated voice replication via API.
Google's new Flash TTS models let you design AI voices from scratch using text descriptions
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS for designed, cloned, and multilingual synthetic voices.
Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech says hello
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS for expressive multilingual speech generation.
LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used
Research shows SynthID-Text watermarking weakens LLM refusal of harmful prompts, especially under prompt injection, an effect called sampling drift.
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Google Releases Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking for Production Grade Voice Agents
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking speech-to-speech models for production voice agents, topping speech-to-speech benchmarks.
Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking speech models, topping speech-to-speech benchmarks with parallel reasoning for voice agents.
Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Google DeepMind launched Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking speech models, topping Artificial Analysis' Speech-to-Speech Quality Index at 82.6.
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Apple’s new iPhone camera mode promises to prove your photo isn’t AI
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro adds a Reference Image mode that cryptographically signs camera sensor pixels to prove photos were not AI-generated or edited.
Apple has a new way prove your iPhone photos aren’t AI slop
Apple launched Reference Image, cryptographically signing iPhone 18 Pro photos via Private Cloud Compute to prove image authenticity.
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Instagram’s AI detection is a mess (again)
Instagram is mislabeling ordinary edited photos as AI Content while some AI imagery goes unlabeled, repeating a 2024 detection failure.
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Product showcase: Is this image real? Slop or Not investigates
Slop or Not is an offline iPhone/Mac app using on-device Apple Neural Engine models to detect AI-generated images, text and SynthID watermarks.
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