Google Gemini stories
Marketers will get more AI help as Google adds new Search ad formats, checkout links and a Gemini adviser across its ad tools.
The award underscores growing demand for cloud tools that can unify fragmented logistics data and improve forecasting, inventory control and transport planning.
Search is becoming more task-focused as Google rolls out AI tools that can track topics, book services and use personal data.
The model is now the default in Gemini and Search, with Google aiming to speed up multi-step coding and workplace automation tasks.
Short-form creators can now edit clips with natural-language prompts as Google rolls its new video model out to Shorts, Create and Gemini.
Search users will get background AI agents and custom layouts as Google broadens Gemini across its apps, YouTube and Workspace.
Businesses may see faster resolutions as Zendesk ties charges to verified outcomes and expands AI agents across service channels.
Workplace AI use is rising faster than company oversight, with a small minority of staff driving most activity and security risks.
Brands with active Trustpilot pages were far more likely to surface in AI answers, with the highest citation rate reaching 75.3%.
AI is now being used to write exploits and malware, with Google saying it has traced the first zero-day linked to machine assistance.
Businesses using multiple AI systems will get tighter controls as Boomi adds policy enforcement, monitoring and workflow orchestration tools.
Security teams face a broader threat as criminals and state-backed actors use generative AI to speed hacks, phishing and malware.
Businesses can now run AI on-site to cut latency, reduce cloud costs and protect sensitive data as InstaLILY opens private preview.
Law firms can now pull reviewed T3 knowledge into Copilot, Claude and Gemini without moving data outside approved environments.
Advertisers now have a bigger rival to subscription services, as YouTube drew the largest ad-supported audience in Canada, Numeris found.
More than 100,000 tapes will be made searchable and uploaded by 2026, helping preserve Canada's broadcast history and widen access.
TCL rolls out SQD-Mini LED televisions in Australia, led by the X11L, as the range debuts Google Gemini AI and wider colour controls.
Merchants are set to gain faster checkout, broader payment options and AI shopping tools as Commerce expands its platform updates.
Australian sole traders are using AI to cut admin time and boost output, with daily or weekly use now at 41 per cent, Hnry found.
It aims to curb staff data leaks into public AI tools by giving Australian employers visibility and controls over what workers share.