Gemma 4 models undergo the same rigorous infrastructure security protocols as our proprietary models. By choosing Gemma 4, enterprises and sovereign organizations gain a trusted, transparent foundation that delivers state-of-the-art capabilities while meeting the highest standards for security and reliability.
The actual legwork to activate this feature only takes a few seconds, but the 24-hour countdown makes it something you cannot do spur of the moment. But why 24 hours? According to Samat, this is designed to combat the rising … Read more
Sundar Pichai’s new pay package could be worth $692 million. Per a filing first spied by the FT, Alphabet has structured a three-year deal for its Google CEO that could make him one of the highest-paid executives on the planet … Read more
Last year, I came across a dataset documenting Google’s global Street View coverage. Each point in this dataset includes the year and month of that point’s last capture. In this post, I’ll convert this dataset into Parquet and examine its … Read more
tl;dr Google spent over a decade telling developers that Google API keys (like those used in Maps, Firebase, etc.) are not secrets. But that’s no longer true: Gemini accepts the same keys to access your private data. We scanned millions … Read more
I’m seeking assistance regarding a sudden restriction on my Google AI Ultra account that has persisted for three days. I received no prior warnings or notifications regarding a potential violation. The only recent change in my workflow was connecting Gemini … Read more
Google Search change in a way that I can’t seem to opt out of. I’m based in a non-English-speaking country, but I regularly search in English, especially for technical topics. My Google account, my laptop, my phone, my interface language, … Read more
Tackling global challenges and opportunities at scale Our work throughout 2025 demonstrates how AI-enabled scientific progress is being directly applied to address the world’s most critical and pervasive challenges. By leveraging state-of-the-art foundational models and agentic reasoning, we are significantly … Read more
Google has made its ‘next generation brand typeface’, Google Sans Flex, available for download — under an open source license, which is welcome news. A modern sans serif font purpose-designed for use on screens and OSes, Google Sans Flex is … Read more
07 Nov, 2025 Preamble: The whole affair is Google’s fault and not Bear Blog’s. Huge thanks to Herman—Bear Blog’s founder and dev—for his patience and help. A month after I started my first Bear blog at blog.james-zhan.com, my blog was … Read more