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Models2026-05-10 · source-backed
Deep Research Max on Gemini 3.1 Pro scored 93.3% on DeepSearchQA (up from 66.1% in December) and 54.6% on Humanity's Last Exam. It can combine Google Search, remote MCP servers, URL Context, Code Execution, and File Search in a single API call. Accepts multimodal inputs. Launch partners include FactSet, S&P Global, and PitchBook. Available in public preview.
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Willison's August 13 release adds Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite plus gemini-embedding-2 and -001, rebuilding on LLM 0.32's structured message and streaming APIs so reasoning, tool calls and results emit as typed stream events while preserving Gemini thought si...
Google Canvas in AI Mode is now available to all US Search users — 75M+ daily users can describe an app and Canvas generates functional code using Gemini 3, grounded in live web data, with zero IDE required. Simultaneously, Google released an open-source Workspace CLI with bui...
Published September 2, Flash is priced at $0.75/$3.75 per million through December 31, doubling to $1.50/$7.50 on January 1. Flash Cyber isn't purchasable: access runs through the Fairwind Program for approved government authorities, critical infrastructure operators and softw...
Google shipped it August 13: FrontierCode 1.1 at 43.6% (from 34.4%), DeepSWE v1.1 at 65.3% (from 49.0%), WebDev Arena Elo 1588 (from 1538), AutomationBench enterprise workflow completion at 30.4% (from 17.0%). Introductory pricing is $0.75/M input and $3.75/M output through De...
Google expanded File Search with multimodal retrieval (images and text indexed together via Gemini Embedding 2), custom metadata filters, and page-level citations. Supports PDFs, DOCX, Excel, CSV, JSON, Jupyter notebooks, and images up to 4K. Storage and query-time embeddings...
The Amazon Q bug is one instance of a 2026 pattern: MCP configuration carried in repositories is now an RCE supply-chain vector, not just untrusted tool output. Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Claude Code, and Gemini-CLI are all vulnerable to MCP-based auto-launch attacks (Windsurf...
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