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Google Gemini

Gemini is Google's family of AI models and the name of its consumer assistant app, built by Google DeepMind. It is the model line behind AI features across Search, Android and Workspace, and Google's main competitor to OpenAI's GPT models and Anthropic's Claude.

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Products · ExplainerHow Gemini handles a 900-page PDF: the limits, the costs and what long-context benchmarks showOn paper, a 900-page document fits comfortably in Gemini's 1M-token context. Whether it works depends on file size, your plan and what you ask.·6 min read
Products · CompareChatGPT vs Gemini for research: deep research, long documents, prices and privacy comparedBoth now write cited research reports. The real differences are how much each plan can read at once, how they handle your PDFs, and what happens to your data.·8 min read
Products · ExplainerGemini-powered Siri explained: what shipped in iOS 27, what Google actually does, and what's still comingSiri AI arrived as an English-only beta in iOS 27 on September 14, 2026, built on Apple models developed with Google's Gemini. Where it stands in October: who can use it, how much Gemini is really inside, and what Apple hasn't delivered yet.·7 min read

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Models · NewsGemini 4 Carbon: $2/$10 at launch, then $4/$20, but only cyber defenders get it for nowGemini 4 Carbon, announced by Google on October 28, 2026, will launch at Argon's $2/$10 introductory price per million tokens, then $4/$20. For now it goes only to a subset of cyber defenders through Fairwind, with no public release date, model ID or model card.·6 min readModels · ExplainerGemini 4 Carbon vs Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol: price, context, access and benchmarks (October 2026)Gemini 4 Carbon vs Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6.1 Sol, on official prices, context limits and access as of October 29, 2026, plus the shared benchmarks: Artificial Analysis scores them 59, 58 and 55. Carbon isn't on sale yet.·9 min readIndustry · NewsAlphabet Q3 2026 earnings: $51.4 billion of capex, Google Cloud up 103%, a 1 billion-user Gemini app and $195–205 billion guidance unchangedAlphabet's Q3 2026 earnings, reported October 28, 2026: revenue of $127.6 billion, Google Cloud revenue up 103% to $30.7 billion, $51.4 billion of capital spending in the quarter and an unchanged 2026 capex range of $195–205 billion. Pichai said the Gemini app reached 1 billion users and Cloud's backlog was $561 billion.·6 min readResearch · BenchmarksArtificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5: 60% private tests, three evaluations dropped, and Gemini 4 Carbon on top at 59Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5, launched October 27, 2026, rebuilds the index around nine evaluations, 60% of them with private test sets. Claude Opus 5.5 led at 58 until Gemini 4 Carbon scored 59 the next day. What changed, who leads, and why older scores don't compare.·8 min readProducts · NewsGoogle AI and the 2020 election: AI Mode in the US pointed users to official records instead of naming Biden, and Google says it's 'working to address it'Google AI and the 2020 election: on October 28, 2026, Fast Company and TheWrap reported that Google Search's AI Mode in the US wouldn't name the winner and pointed to the FEC and National Archives, while the Gemini app answered. Google says it's working to address it. Biden won, with 306 electoral votes.·6 min readModels · NewsGenie 4: Google DeepMind's world model adds audio and live steering, but it's trusted testers only, with no price yetGenie 4, announced by Google DeepMind on October 27, 2026, generates interactive worlds with sound, dialogue and text-prompt edits in real time. It's a research preview for trusted testers; Google AI Ultra subscribers can join a waitlist for Project Genie, and no price, resolution or frame rate has been published.·6 min readProducts · NewsNikon contest AI photo row: Nikon strips its Small World in Motion winner after scientists spot signs of AI in the cilia videoThe Nikon contest AI controversy wasn't about a photo but a microscope video. On October 9, 2026, Nikon said the first-place Small World in Motion video, showing cilia in a child's airway, 'did not comply with the competition rules regarding generative AI.' What scientists spotted, what the entrant says, and who won instead.·5 min readProducts · GuideGoogle's privacy policy now lets Gmail and Photos data shape ads: what changed on October 16, what Personal Intelligence is, and what you can turn offGoogle's privacy policy, effective October 16, 2026, says it may show personalized ads based on Gmail, Drive and Google Photos content if you connect those apps to other Google services, such as Search's Personal Intelligence. The exact wording, what it covers, and how to disconnect.·7 min readHardware · NewsGoogle's Finland data center forest clearing: what's confirmed about the hectares, the 250,000 trees and the 'illegal' claimGoogle's Finland data center sites in Muhos and Kajaani were cleared of hundreds of hectares of forest before environmental assessments were done. Finland's regulator ordered work halted on October 6, 2026, and police have three investigation requests, but no authority has found the clearing illegal.·6 min readProducts · GuideHow to turn off AI on Google: what you can switch off in Search, Chrome, Gmail and Android, and what you can'tHow to turn off AI on Google, as of October 23, 2026: Google says AI Overviews can't be turned off, but the Web filter hides them. Here are the documented settings for AI Mode, Gemini in Chrome, Gmail and Android, plus Workspace admin controls.·7 min read

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