Today, Eliza McNitt’s short film, “ANCESTRA,” premieres at the Tribeca Festival. It’s the story of a mother, and what happens when her child is born with a hole in its heart. Inspired by the dramatic events of McNitt's own birth, the film portrays a mother's love as a cosmic, life-saving force. This is the first…
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If you’ve spent months (or years!) building an app, extension, script or SaaS, and you’re ready to cash out instead of running a company, good news: There are now dozens of marketplaces where you can list a completed project and find a buyer. These range from full startup acquisition…
Following the exciting launches of Gemma 3 and Gemma 3 QAT, our family of state-of-the-art open models capable of running on a single cloud or desktop accelerator, we're pushing our vision for accessible AI even further. Gemma 3 delivered powerful capabilities for developers, and we're now extending that vision to highly capable, real-time AI operating…
The Rise of AI in Creative Domains Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved far beyond number-crunching and automation. Today, it’s playing a transformative role in traditionally human-centric fields like music, writing, and visual art. Algorithms are composing melodies, generating stories, and producing visuals that rival those created by human hands. As this shift unfolds, it prompts…
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Reinforcement learning algorithms have been part of the artificial intelligence and machine learning realm for a while. These algorithms aim to pursue a goal by maximizing cumulative rewards through trial-and-error interactions with an environment.
Whilst for several decades they have been predominantly applied to simulated environments such as robotics,…
Safety and responsibility We’ve proactively assessed potential risks throughout every stage of the development process for these native audio features, using what we’ve learned to inform our mitigation strategies. We validate these measures through rigorous internal and external safety evaluations, including comprehensive red teaming for responsible deployment. Additionally, all audio outputs from our models are…
Today, we’re announcing our newest generative media models, which mark significant breakthroughs. These models create breathtaking images, videos and music, empowering artists to bring their creative vision to life. They also power amazing tools for everyone to express themselves. Veo 3 and Imagen 4, our newest video and image generation models, push the frontier of…
New Gemini 2.5 capabilities Native audio output and improvements to Live API Today, the Live API is introducing a preview version of audio-visual input and native audio out dialogue, so you can directly build conversational experiences, with a more natural and expressive Gemini. It also allows the user to steer its tone, accent and style…