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Introducing GeneBench-Pro, a new benchmark testing AI performance in genomics, biology, and scientific research using complex, real-world datasets.

A new OpenAI report maps how AI could reshape jobs across the EU, highlighting which occupations may face automation, growth, or workflow changes.

HP Inc. scales its OpenAI Frontier partnership to deploy AI across customer experiences, software development, and enterprise operations.

OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 Sol, a next-generation model with stronger capabilities in coding, science, and cybersecurity, paired with its most advanced safety stack.

A new OpenAI research paper shows how AI agents are transforming work, enabling longer, more complex tasks and expanding productivity across roles.

OpenAI and Broadcom introduce Jalapeño, a custom AI chip built for LLM inference to improve performance, efficiency, and scale across AI systems.

OpenAI helps build shared standards for advanced AI, supporting evaluation frameworks, safety practices, and global cooperation through the Appia Foundation.

GPT-5 Pro helped solve a 3-year-old immunology mystery, offering insights into T cell behavior. The breakthrough could support cancer and autoimmune research.

Discover how Omio uses OpenAI to power conversational travel experiences, accelerate product development, and transform into an AI-native company.

OpenAI introduces new Daybreak tools, including Codex Security and GPT-5.5-Cyber, to help organizations find, validate, and patch vulnerabilities at scale.

OpenAI introduces Patch the Planet, a Daybreak initiative helping open-source maintainers find, validate, and fix vulnerabilities with AI and expert review.

Learn how Jason Liu uses Codex to preserve context, manage complex projects, and help work continue beyond a single prompt.

Samsung Electronics deploys ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to employees worldwide, marking one of OpenAI’s largest enterprise AI rollouts.

OpenAI introduces new spend controls and usage analytics for ChatGPT Enterprise, helping organizations manage costs and scale AI with confidence.

Learn how GPT-5.5 Instant improves ChatGPT’s health and wellness responses with stronger reasoning, better context, clearer communication, and physician-informed evaluations.

Researchers used an OpenAI reasoning model to help diagnose rare diseases, identifying 18 new diagnoses in previously unsolved cases.

OpenAI and Molecule.one show how a near-autonomous AI chemist using GPT-5.4 improved a key drug-making reaction, advancing medicinal chemistry research.

Introducing LifeSciBench, an expert-authored, expert-reviewed benchmark for evaluating how AI systems handle real-world life science research tasks and decisions.

OpenAI introduces Deployment Simulation, a method to predict AI model behavior before deployment using real conversation data to improve safety and evaluation accuracy.

OpenAI launches the Partner Network, investing $150M to help global partners accelerate enterprise AI adoption, deployment, and transformation.

OpenAI introduces three Academy courses that help people build practical AI skills, create repeatable workflows, and apply agents in everyday work.

Preply uses OpenAI to launch AI-generated lesson summaries, providing personalised feedback and language learning exercises.

Learn how BBVA scaled ChatGPT Enterprise to 100,000 employees and partnered with OpenAI to accelerate AI-powered banking transformation worldwide.

Discover how astrophysicist Chi-kwan Chan uses Codex to build black hole simulations, helping scientists study extreme physics and test Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

OpenAI plans to acquire Ona to expand Codex with secure, persistent cloud environments, enabling long-running AI agents across enterprise workflows.

OpenAI supports the EU Code of Practice on AI content transparency, advancing provenance standards and tools to help people understand AI-generated content.

Access OpenAI models and Codex through Oracle Cloud, using existing commitments to build and deploy AI with enterprise security and governance.

A new report from OpenAI details PRC-linked influence operations using AI to target U.S. tech debates, data center narratives, tariffs, and false claims about ChatGPT.

See how LSEG uses OpenAI to scale trusted AI across its global business, accelerating insights, shrinking release cycles, and empowering 4,000 employees.

How engineers at Nextdoor use Codex with GPT-5.5 to investigate hard-to-reproduce issues, build across platforms, and focus on product outcomes.

How Notion uses Codex to one-shot specs, build AI Voice Input for the web, and multiply engineering power across small teams.

Explore our ambitious, people-first industrial policy ideas for the AI era—focused on expanding opportunity, sharing prosperity, and building resilient institutions as advanced intelligence evolves.

OpenAI confirms a confidential S-1 submission to the SEC and has not yet determined timing for further action.

A vision for the future of AI, focusing on access, safety, and shared prosperity as OpenAI works to ensure AGI benefits everyone.

OpenAI launches the Economic Research Exchange to study AI’s impact on jobs, productivity, and the economy. Applications are now open for selected research projects.

Learn how Endava is using AI agents, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Codex to accelerate software delivery, automate workflows, and build an AI-native culture across the enterprise.

ChatGPT introduces a new memory system to better remember preferences, keeping context fresh and relevant across conversations.

An action plan for AI-powered biological resilience

GPT-Rosalind advances life sciences research with enhanced biological reasoning, medicinal chemistry expertise, genomics analysis, and experimental workflow capabilities.

See how Wasmer used Codex with GPT-5.5 to build a Node.js runtime for the edge, accelerating development 10x to 20x and shipping in weeks instead of months.

OpenAI outlines its public policy agenda for AI, including safety, youth protection, workforce transition, and global standards to ensure AI benefits society.

OpenAI outlines a blueprint for U.S. governance of frontier AI, proposing a federal framework for safety, resilience, and national security.

Travelers built an AI-powered Claim Assistant with OpenAI to guide customers through filing claims, provide 24/7 support, and scale operations during peak demand.

Discover new Codex plugins, sites, and annotations that help analysts, marketers, designers, investors, and other teams get more done with AI.

OpenAI calls for global action on youth AI safety, proposing an international institute to strengthen safeguards, standards, and opportunities for young people.

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we look into new research agents from Deutsche Bank and The Max Planck Institute ; helping devs strut their stuff with new databases for Rent the Runway ; mortgage lender Mr. Cooper ’s “team” of AI agents answering tough customer questions;

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we explore Uber ’s revamped network with modern edge; smarter, AI-infused site search at Target ; a wicked fast blockchain built by Keeta Network ; HCA Healthcare empowers its nurses with a new AI-powered information portal; Deutche Telecom enhances its data

A year ago today, Google Cloud filed a formal complaint with the European Commission about Microsoft’s anti-competitive cloud licensing practices — specifically those that impose financial penalties on businesses that use Windows Server software on Azure’s biggest competitors. Despite regulatory scrutiny, it’s clear that Microsoft intends to keep its restrictive licensing policies in place for most cloud customers. In fact, it’s getting worse. As part of a recent earnings call, Microsoft disclosed that its efforts to force software customers to use Azure are “not anywhere close to the finish line,” and represented one of three pillars “driving [its] growth.” As

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we explore Box’s AI agents extracting insights with cross-platform agent integration; Schroders uses multiple connected agents to build a complex investment research system; Hypros ’ IoT device can monitor patient distress in hospitals without individual monitoring; a Formula E exhibition of

There’s a buzz of excitement here at Tobacco Dock as we welcome our customers and partners to the Google Cloud Summit London. Together, we’re exploring the essential role Google Cloud is playing in driving AI innovation and adoption across the UK. Today is about shining a spotlight on our customers and partners, focusing on the real-world stories of how they are accelerating innovation, realising value, and reshaping entire industries with the powerful combination of AI agents and robust cloud infrastructure. The opportunity ahead is immense. AI is poised to inject more than £400 billion into the UK economy by 2030

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this monthly round-up, we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our inaugural edition, we explore Lowe’s new Visual Scout product recommendation engine powered by Vertex AI Vector Search; a responsive “Driver Agent” platform created by Formula E to bring more equity to the track; Ester AI, a conversational tool from wealth.com that can help financial

Week of Dec 16 - Dec 20 Windows Server 2025 is now available on Google Compute Engine. We are excited to announce the general availability of Windows Server 2025 on Google Compute Engine. You can now run Windows Server 2025 Data Center, and Windows Server 2025 Data Center Core editions as well as Windows SQL Server 2022 on Windows Server 2025 with pay-as-you-go licenses. Customers that don’t already have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement can use the Google Compute Engine’s provided image to take advantage of Google Cloud’s relationships with Microsoft for pay-as-you-go licenses that scale with your workload and offers

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that 2024 was a busy year for Google Cloud. From AI to Zero Trust, and everything in between, here’s a chronological recap of our top blogs of 2024, according to readership. You’ll probably see some favorites on this list, and discover a few that you missed the first time around. January We started the new year strong, removing data transfer fees for anyone moving data off of our platform. Translation: Anyone doing cool things on Google Cloud (like using generative AI to analyze their microservices deployment) is doing it because

Over the past year, the pace of innovation across industries and around the world has been extraordinary. At Google, we're inspired by the public sector’s ingenuity and speed in adopting our AI and security innovations to achieve remarkable outcomes together. Since Google Cloud Next , we've launched more powerful versions of Gemini , rolled out Gemini Flash and Imagen 3 . And we're proud to showcase inspiring examples from the public sector, highlighting how organizations are leveraging generative AI to drive transformative change. From state agencies streamlining citizen services to healthcare providers improving patient outcomes and defense organizations enhancing mission

Editors note, November 28th, 2025: “We filed our antitrust complaint with the European Commission (EC) to give voice to our customers and partners about the issue of anticompetitive cloud licensing practices. Today, we are withdrawing it in light of the recent announcement that the EC will assess problematic practices affecting the cloud sector under a separate process. We stand behind the arguments outlined in the blog below, and we continue to work with policymakers, customers, and regulators across the EU, the UK, and elsewhere to advocate for choice and openness in the cloud market." - Giorgia Abeltino, Head of Government

Want to know the latest from Google Cloud? Find it here in one handy location. Check back regularly for our newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. Tip : Not sure where to find what you’re looking for on the Google Cloud blog? Start here: Google Cloud blog 101: Full list of topics, links, and resources . Week of Dec 10 - Dec 15 Announcing Launch of Cross Cloud Materialized Views : To help customers on their cross-cloud analytics journey, today we are thrilled to announce the public preview of BigQuery Omni cross-cloud materialized views (aka cross-cloud MVs).

To our customers: At Google Cloud, we put your interests first. This means that when you choose to work with us, we become partners on a journey of shared innovation, shared support, and shared fate. We are committed to helping you evolve as technology advances, drawing on our depth of experience to ensure you can use the latest and best technology, while keeping you safe and protected. When it comes to the rapidly developing world of generative AI, this is imperative. Earlier this year, we embedded Duet AI — an always-on AI collaborator — across our products, from Google Workspace

Editor’s note : Jack Ngare is a Technical Director in Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO based in Nairobi, Kenya. A native of Kenya, he worked in telecommunications abroad for 12 years before returning home to work for a large African financial institution and a U.S. technology company. He joined Google Cloud last year with a mission to digitize and modernize Cloud’s global top customers, while simultaneously growing Africa's entrepreneurial technology culture. What is the opportunity you see before you? Working at Google Cloud, I’m able to bring people some of the world's best software and hardware engineering. I also

Editor’s note : Alicia Abella is the Managing Director for Telecommunications Industry Solutions at Google Cloud. The work involves bringing complex, advanced technology to businesses across diverse markets and cultures — from startups in Brazil to North America's largest telecommunications companies. The daughter of immigrants from Cuba, she has a PhD, 29 patents, and extensive experience running teams and working with customers. Did you always see yourself bringing new inventions into the world? No, not at all. I grew up in Queens, New York — the only child of Cuban immigrants. My parents worked hard and saved money so I

We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms, authored by Bern Elliot and Gabriele Rigon. We believe this recognition is a testament to Google Cloud’s robust investments and commitment to innovation in AI, coupled with a deep understanding of enterprise customer needs. Enterprises are increasingly investing in AI-driven solutions that balance addressing customer expectations with operational efficiency. At a time when the demand for quality, performant, and trustworthy conversational AI has never been higher, we’re thrilled to continue to deliver best-in-class technologies, purpose-built to solve

Welcome back. Anthropic's Claude Science debuts as a workbench for scientists that can run on local hardware. Anthropic is betting biology becomes AI's next big proving ground after code, though be wary of language about curing diseases and rolling back aging. Google launched Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash, pushing fast, controllable creative tools while courting Hollywood and leaning in on trust. And Anthropic dropped Sonnet 5, a cheaper, more agentic model signaling the industry's pivot away from tokenmaxxing toward efficiency as enterprises balk at ballooning AI bills. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why Sonnet 5

Welcome back. Ford learned a painful lesson about what AI can and can't do. It had to hire back engineers after its automated systems fell short of expectations. The best playbook isn't replacement, it's augmentation. Meanwhile, Anthropic struck a deal with California, offering state agencies Claude at half price. It's good PR, but the bigger move is influence over tech regulation in the state that typically leads the way in the US. And Qualcomm made its biggest AI data center move yet, acquiring Modular to establish an open platform that could finally give companies a viable alternative to Nvidia's CUDA

Welcome back. Companies keep telling workers to use AI, but too many are leaving them without training, approved tools, or a real strategy. And workers are having to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, Google Research is making the case that AI could dramatically accelerate science, giving researchers new ways to search literature, test hypotheses, and shorten the path from breakthrough to real-world impact. And OpenAI changed the frontier LLM race again with the release of GPT-5.6, a new model family that appears to edge past Anthropic’s Mythos on key agentic benchmarks. But will each model leap still feel meaningful to users,

Hello, friends. AI agents are becoming powerful enough to act on our behalf, and that's creating a new enterprise security challenge. This week, we examine why running coding agents locally has become too risky for many organizations, and how a new generation of remote, centrally managed environments could make agentic software a lot more practical at enterprise scale. Thanks for tuning into this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Coder . Let us know what you think! — Jason Hiner See how to run Claude Code in a way IT approves The problem with Claude Code on the desktop

Welcome back. A new $500 million coalition backed by OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Google, and others aims to help the workforce adapt before AI disruption becomes a full-blown jobs crisis. Meanwhile, leaders at the Confidential Computing Summit argued that agents need chip-level identities and hardware-enforced trust to ensure safety. New OpenAI data shows how quickly agents are replacing chatbots in the workplace, helping employees expand their reach and take on more valuable tasks. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. New OpenAI data shows dramatic shift to agents 2. Can new coalition save US jobs from AI? 3. Chips may be

Welcome back. Figma is pushing AI beyond solo productivity by building tools that help teams design, code, and automate together without handing over the creative spark. Meanwhile, new KPMG data suggests workers are adopting AI agents faster than the anxiety narrative implies, though concerns about skills, trust, and job security remain real. And OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip puts its democratization narrative in sharper focus: can it make compute more abundant, efficient and affordable so more people and businesses can build with AI? We'll see. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OpenAI's chip move is much bigger than chips 2. Data:

Welcome back. AI is raising the bar at work, and not just for machines. As hiring slows, employers are looking for people who can pair AI fluency with judgment, adaptability, and strong communication skills. Meanwhile, Anthropic is pushing Claude deeper into the workplace with Claude Tag, turning the chatbot into something more like a teammate inside Slack. That could unlock new productivity, but it also raises new questions about trust, security, and job anxiety. And at the Confidential Computing Summit, a decentralized AI future came into focus: one where companies keep control of their data, agents have verified identities, and

Welcome back. A new startup called Radical Numerics is using AI to decode the "grammar" of DNA, opening new possibilities for medicine while raising fresh questions about biosecurity. Meanwhile, workers are feeling the strain of AI adoption, with growing evidence that pressure to learn new tools and adapt to constant change is contributing to burnout and anxiety. And intelligence agencies in the US and its allies warn that AI-powered cyberattacks could escalate within months, posing destabilizing challenges to governments and major corporations. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Will we heed intel agencies' warnings on AI? 2. Why workers

Welcome back. AI may not be coming for every job, but it is raising a harder question: What work will still feel meaningful when software can do more of it? IBM’s CHRO argues the AI jobs story is more complicated than mass replacement. Augmented Reality may finally be finding its purpose, as AI gives smart glasses the utility they lacked. And in Hollywood, Runway’s AI Film Festival showed how quickly generative tools are moving from novelty to creative force, raising another question: what happens to craft when machines make everyone capable from the start? — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER

Hello, friends. One of the biggest barriers to enterprise AI isn't the models. It's trust. This week, we look at Sphinx.ai, a startup tackling AI accuracy by creating an institutional knowledge layer that helps models understand how a business actually works. The goal: make AI fit enterprise data, not force enterprise data to fit AI. Thanks for tuning into this special weekend edition, presented in partnership with Sphinx . Let us know what you think! — Jason Hiner How Sphinx built an enterprise AI accuracy layer Accuracy is one of the biggest problems plaguing enterprises as they seek to embed

Welcome back. Databricks is making the case that openness may be one of AI’s strongest business models, as it builds an open stack for agents, models, and cross-cloud interoperability. Snap’s new Specs point to the next phase of spatial computing, but this is still an early-adopter product, not a mainstream must-buy. And while AI keeps rattling the job market, new PwC research suggests the bigger returns are coming from companies that train and amplify workers, not those rushing to automate them away. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Study: AI worker training pays off more than layoffs 2. Snap

Welcome back. Snap’s Evan Spiegel is making one of the boldest bets in tech: that AR glasses can move us off the smartphone and into the world around us. Databricks is making a different bet in enterprise AI: that openness may be the only sane answer to agent sprawl, lock-in, and rising costs. And at the G7, the biggest AI companies pushed for a US-led coalition to write the rules for releasing advanced models like Mythos. That may be necessary, but it also raises a more profound question: who should have a voice in shaping a technology this powerful? —

Welcome back. AI’s infrastructure story keeps getting bigger, and messier. CoreWeave is tackling the GPU crunch with new data center innovations built around Nvidia’s next AI supercomputers. Snap is pushing smart glasses toward much bigger ambitions with a $2,195 wearable computer that wants to replace screens, not just supplement them. And token panic is hitting enterprises hard, as seen at Databricks' Data + AI Summit. The AI usage boom has created an inference cost crisis, forcing companies to rethink model routing, local compute and the economics of agents. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why token panic is reshaping

Welcome back. Anthropic and Washington are locked in another AI safety fight, and the stakes are bigger than the politics. It's shaping up to be an adult-in-the-room problem. In a new Deep View exclusive, 1Password and Cursor explain how their new partnership is helping enterprises change their mindset about how to manage agents. And we dig into new global data showing China gaining ground in the AI perception war, even as Americans grow more skeptical of the technology their own companies still largely control. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why China is winning AI's perception war 2. Exclusive:

Welcome back. Google is going after a Chinese cybercrime network that allegedly used Gemini and other AI tools to power a massive scam operation, a reminder that AI safety gaps are already creating real damage. Perplexity’s Dmitry Shevelenko joins the podcast to break down the company's strategy and share the three most durable human skills likely to define the next era of work. And SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO is giving public markets their first big AI valuation test. Still, Starlink's profits and the orbital AI factory dreams make SpaceX a poor blueprint for the upcoming IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic. There