Google Cloud Unveils Gemini Agent With Subagents and Claude Support
Google Cloud’s Gemini agent can create subagents and use Claude alongside Gemini. Background delegation and third-party models remain in early access.
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Google Cloud’s Gemini agent can create subagents and use Claude alongside Gemini. Background delegation and third-party models remain in early access.
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Google’s SynthID Detector is now available globally for image, video and audio checks. It detects supported AI watermarks, rather than proving a file is real.
Google Playground turns prompts into browser games without coding. Unity Spark will add a more advanced creation path, with a closed beta coming soon.
OpenAI has released 722 mathematics manuscripts from an unreleased AI model, with many Lean proofs available and some results still awaiting verification.
BlackRock sees stablecoins as a potential payment method for AI agents buying data and compute, while the Bitcoin savings thesis rests on simulations.
Arthur Hayes argues an AI investment bust could bring rescue liquidity for Bitcoin and cheaper compute for agents, while pitching his developing FLOP network.
Meta, Sierra, Stripe and Walmart are developing Personal Agent Protocol to define how AI agents access business services, with a first specification due in October.