Google Updates Gemini: Adds Real-Time Collaboration
Google adds real-time collaboration to Gemini, letting multiple people edit and discuss AI-generated content at once.
Apple to Pay ~$1B a Year for Gemini: The New Siri Runs on a 1.2-Trillion-Parameter Google Model
In November 2025 Bloomberg revealed Apple's plan to pay about $1 billion a year for a custom 1.2T-parameter Gemini to power the new Siri; a multi-year deal was later confirmed.
The 'Nano Banana' Phenomenon: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Sends Google's App to No. 1
Google released the image-editing model codenamed Nano Banana on August 26, 2025; the 3D-figurine craze swept global social media.
AI Wins Its First Math Olympiad Gold: Google and OpenAI Both Reach the Standard
In July 2025, Google DeepMind's Gemini Deep Think and OpenAI's experimental model both hit gold-medal level at the IMO — LLMs matching gold medalists for the first time.
AlphaEvolve: DeepMind's AI Breaks a 56-Year Matrix Multiplication Record
In May 2025, DeepMind unveiled the Gemini-powered coding agent AlphaEvolve, which found a 4x4 matrix multiplication method beating Strassen's algorithm.
Google's AI Co-Scientist: A Multi-Agent System to Accelerate Hypothesis Generation
In February 2025, Google unveiled the Gemini 2.0-based AI Co-Scientist, using multi-agent collaboration to help scientists generate and iterate new hypotheses.
A Researcher for Everyone: How Deep Research Became 2025's Standard AI Feature
From Gemini (Dec 2024) to OpenAI (Feb 2025) to the whole industry, autonomous research agents went from novelty to table stakes within a year.