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Google’s AI week: agents, glasses, and new rules

AI just got a lot more agentic. Google, Nvidia, and regulators all made moves in the same week, and the biggest shifts are about to hit search, shopping, coding, and compliance. Here are the must-know updates 👇[1][6][8]

  • Google I/O 2026: Gemini Updates and Android XR Glasses Revealed
  • Sundar Pichai on stage at Google I/O 2025
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Google I/O: Gemini Spark. Google says its new cloud-based assistant will sort emails, notes, and chats, then draft takeaways and to-dos, even while your laptop is closed. It also asks before high-stakes actions. Big step toward always-on help.[1]

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Gemini 3.5 Flash is rolling out as Google Search’s default model, and Google says it’s about 4x faster than some rivals. The new search box also handles longer prompts and multimodal inputs. Search is becoming more conversational, fast.[1][11]

  • Google I/O 2026: Google unveils Gemini 3.5 Flash and Antigravity 2.0 at major AI showcase
  • ‎Gemini Apps’ release updates and improvements
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Google’s new Gemini Omni can turn text, images, video, or audio into editable video, and Omni Flash is live in Gemini, Flow, and YouTube Shorts. Google also added SynthID and content credentials checks to help spot AI-made media.[1][16][4]

  • Demis Hassabis, Co-Founder and CEO, Google DeepMind, speaks about Gemini Omni at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Regulators are catching up. Colorado amended its AI law on May 14, 2026, shifting to rules for automated decision-making in consequential decisions, while the EU AI Act is set for deadline relief, new bans on non-consensual AI intimate imagery, and tighter info-sharing rules.[7][8]

  • a screenshot of a device
  • Global AI regulations 2026
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Which of these feels like the biggest turning point: agentic assistants, AI video creation, or the new wave of AI regulation? Reply with your pick or retweet for the thread 👀[1][7][8]

  • a blue and purple brain with gears
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