Google unveiled Gemini Spark, a cloud-based AI agent built on Gemini 3.5 that automates complex tasks across Workspace apps, supports recurring workflows and app integrations, and requires consent for high-stakes actions.
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash worldwide as its new default AI model, offering faster output, stronger coding and multimodal performance, enterprise-ready workflows, broad API access, and added safety controls.
Google launched Gemini Omni, a multimodal AI model for creating and editing video from text, images, audio, and video. Omni Flash is live for AI subscribers and YouTube creators, with API and enterprise access due within weeks.
Anthropic added self-hosted sandboxes and MCP tunnels to Claude Managed Agents, letting enterprises run agents within their own secure environments with private service access, audit controls, custom runtimes, and stricter data governance.
π¨ AI News | TestingCatalogGOOGLE I/O π₯: GEMINI 3.5 FLASH HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED! Gemini 3.5 performs on par with Gemini 3.1 Pro on Artificial Analysis Intelligence benchmark but is much faster.
Google I/O π₯: A new $100 Gemini Ultra plan has been announced, and the price of the normal Gemini Ultra plan has been dropped from $250 to $200 a month.
Google I/O 2026 starts May 19 with keynotes at 10am and 1:30pm PT. Expected reveals include Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Omni, a Gemini UI refresh, AI Studio mobile, Spark for desktop, and agent-focused updates across Google tools.
π¨ AI News | TestingCatalogGOOGLE I/O π₯: Google Flow is getting Gemini Omni and a new Flow Agent experience! > Your Agent is active! Ask Gemini to brainstorm concepts, generate image variations, rename assets, or answer questions about Flow. Start typing below or click the expandβ¦
GOOGLE I/O π₯: More Google Flow updates! Characters and Scenes are now available there, too!
Users can create characters that can later be reused for video generation. Different character voices are also available.
Besides that, the Google Flow app for Android is now available on Google Play.