First Gemini-powered smartglasses launch from $395, with Google stressing privacy
Google's first Gemini smartglasses are made with Samsung, Gentle Monster and Warby Parker and start at $395. Google is promoting privacy as a key feature.
AI assistants are moving onto your face at consumer prices, raising both convenience and privacy questions for wearers and the people around them.
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Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon, its strongest model yet, with an agent 'swarm' feature
Google is rolling out Gemini 4 Carbon to the general public after first giving it to a select group of cybersecurity defenders. Google says it pushes beyond its Argon model, though Argon remains the suggested choice for most coding and knowledge work.
Why it mattersDevelopers and users now have a new top-tier Google model to compare against the best systems from Anthropic and OpenAI.
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Google DeepMind unveils AlphaGenome 2 to show how DNA changes affect different cells
Google DeepMind released AlphaGenome 2, the successor to its genome-predicting model. It aims to explain how DNA changes affect different cell types, which could help find causes of disease.
Why it mattersBetter tools for reading DNA effects could speed up research into new treatments.
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35,000 apps built with Grok exposed patient data and passwords due to open default sharing
A security firm found more than 35,000 apps built with Grok's coding tool open to anyone without login, including patient data, plaintext passwords and confidential SpaceXSI documents. The cause was a default setting of 'Anyone with the link', and only SpaceXSI's own employee apps were taken offline.
Why it mattersAnyone using AI app builders should check sharing defaults, since generated apps may leak sensitive data publicly.
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Anthropic launches Claude Meetings as part of a new AI office suite
Anthropic introduced Claude Meetings, where Claude drafts plans, maps timelines on a whiteboard, answers chat questions and pulls data from connected work apps during meetings. It is part of a wider set of office tools for non-technical workers.
Why it mattersOffice workers may soon get AI that turns meetings directly into plans and tasks, competing with existing workplace software.
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Gilbert + Tobin rethinks the business of law with AI
A conversation with Sam Nickless, Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Gilbert + Tobin.
