Google Parent Acquires 3D AI Company Common Sense Machines

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has acquired Common Sense Machines, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts–based startup developing generative artificial intelligence models that produce three-dimensional assets from two-dimensional images. According to S&P, the acquisition closed on January 24, 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction adds a small research-focused AI company to Google’s broader portfolio … Read more

Google DeepMind Introduces Project Genie

Google DeepMind has introduced Project Genie, an experimental research prototype that uses its latest world-model artificial intelligence (AI) to generate and explore interactive virtual environments, according to a Thursday (Jan. 29) blog post on Google’s Innovation and AI site. Project Genie is powered by Genie 3, a general-purpose world model that can produce diverse, explorable … Read more

I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator

Google DeepMind is opening up access to Project Genie, its AI tool for creating interactive game worlds from text prompts or images.  Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with the experimental research prototype, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation … Read more

Google DeepMind Introduces ATLAS Scaling Laws for Multilingual Language Models

Google DeepMind researchers have introduced ATLAS, a set of scaling laws for multilingual language models that formalize how model size, training data volume, and language mixtures interact as the number of supported languages increases. The work is based on 774 controlled training runs across models ranging from 10 million to 8 billion parameters, using multilingual … Read more

Chinese AI goes next level in geometry at a top US maths Olympiad

A Chinese AI system has outperformed its US competitors in solving geometry problems at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) level, taking less than half the time and using simpler computational resources, according to its developers. Unlike existing models confined to problem-solving, the Chinese system can also generate mathematical problems – three of which appeared in … Read more

Google Deepmind CEO says global AI cooperation ‘difficult’

Artificial intelligence pioneer and head of Google Deepmind‘s CEO Demis Hassabis on Monday said that greater international cooperation around AI regulation was needed but “difficult” to achieve “in today’s geopolitical context”. At a time when AI is being integrated across all industries, its uses have raised major ethical questions, from the spread of misinformation to … Read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk praises Veo 3, Google Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis replies

Left: Elon Musk, Right: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and X owner has praised Google’s latest artificial intelligence video generation model, Veo 3, calling it “awesome”. The remarks come following its unveiling at the company’s annual developer conference Google I/O 2025 this week. The model, developed by Google DeepMind, represents … Read more

Google’s latest AI model is missing a key safety report in apparent violation of promises made to the U.S. government and at international summits – Fortune

Google’s latest AI model is missing a key safety report in apparent violation of promises made to the U.S. government and at international summits  Fortune Deep Research is now available on Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental.  Google Blog Gemini “coming together in really awesome ways,” Google says after 2.5 Pro release  Ars Technica Gemini 2.5 Pro is now available … Read more

Inside Google’s AI Innovation Engine

Welcome Back In his first move in office, President Trump scrapped the Biden Administration’s executive order on safe AI development. The order required companies building powerful AI systems to share safety test results and mitigate biases. This action signals Trump’s expected laissez-faire approach to AI regulation. Meanwhile, he’s planning a joint project named Stargate, investing … Read more