2026-01-15
I love the privacy-centric approach to Gemini personal intelligence. Already started using it and am impressed with how helpful and safe it makes me and my family. https://blog.google/...
ZDNET
Google launches Personal Intelligence, a Gemini feature that links to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to tailor answers, for paid subscribers
ZDNET's key takeaways — Personal Intelligence scans your apps to improve Gemini answers. — The feature is off by default and won't train on sensitive data.
2026-01-14
I love the privacy-centric approach to Gemini personal intelligence. Already started using it and am impressed with how helpful and safe it makes me and my family. https://blog.google/...
ZDNET
Google launches Personal Intelligence, a Gemini feature that links to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to tailor answers, for paid subscribers
ZDNET's key takeaways — Personal Intelligence scans your apps to improve Gemini answers. — The feature is off by default and won't train on sensitive data.
2026-01-13
Wow, that is a pretty good endorsement ...
CNBC
Apple signs a multiyear Google deal to use Gemini models to power a more personalized Siri in 2026, saying Google's tech “provides the most capable foundation”
Apple is joining forces with Google to power its artificial intelligence features for products such as Siri later this year.
Wow, that is a pretty good endorsement ...
MacRumors
Elon Musk says Apple and Google's Gemini deal “seems like an unreasonable concentration of power for Google, given that [they] also have Android and Chrome”
Elon Musk today expressed concern about Apple and Google partnering on a more personalized version of Siri powered by Google's generative AI platform Gemini.
2026-01-12
Wow, that is a pretty good endorsement ...
CNBC
Apple signs a multiyear Google deal to use Gemini and Google Cloud to power Siri's features in 2026, saying Google's tech “provides the most capable foundation”
- Apple is teaming up with Google to use Gemini models for an AI-powered Siri
2025-11-12
A great example of using the best of software engineering, privacy enhancing technology and AI in the service of flexible, secure and private computing https://blog.google/...
The Verge
Google unveils Private AI Compute, a cloud platform providing a “secure, fortified space” to run AI tools on devices, similar to Apple's Private Cloud Compute
Google says Private AI Compute maintains privacy while tapping cloud resources.
2025-07-16
Learn how our @Google security researchers are leveraging AI to give cyber defenders the advantage next month at #BHUSA @BlackHatEvents and @defcon 33: https://blog.google/...
The Record
Google says its Big Sleep AI agent for finding unknown software vulnerabilities recently discovered a critical SQLite flaw that “was at risk of being exploited”
Google said a large language model it developed to find vulnerabilities recently discovered a bug that hackers were preparing to use.
2025-03-18
Big news! @Google announced its agreement to acquire @wiz_io! This acquisition represents an investment by Google Cloud to accelerate two large and growing trends in the AI era: improved cloud security and the ability to use multiple clouds. https://cloud.google.com/...
The Verge
Alphabet acquires NYC-based cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32B cash, its largest acquisition yet, pending approval; antitrust fears stalled a $23B deal in 2024
The acquisition is Alphabet's biggest yet, after a $23 billion takeover attempt stalled last year.
2024-07-27
“multiple DPRK-nexus groups focused on healthcare and pharmaceuticals during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, APT45 has continued to target this vertical longer than other groups, suggesting an ongoing mandate to collect related information” https://cloud.google.com/...
Associated Press
The US DOJ indicts a North Korean hacker, still at large, for his alleged role in the Andariel group's cyberattacks on US hospitals, NASA, and military bases
Associated Press :
2024-07-23
“We have been vocal in advocating for greater transparency and accountability from spyware vendors, as well as stronger regulations and oversight to prevent the misuse of these powerful tools. Momentum for action is growing.” https://blog.google/...
Digiday
Google says it won't be “deprecating third-party cookies” in Chrome and will instead keep working on “privacy-preserving alternatives” via Privacy Sandbox APIs
After much back and forth, Google has decided to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.
2024-07-19
It's been a year since Google announced SAIF to secure AI & today at @AspenSecurity we marked our first major milestone w/ the introduction of Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI). CoSAI will be housed under @OASISopen and collaborate across 10+ partners: https://blog.google/...
The Verge
Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, and others form the Coalition for Secure AI to share best practices and open-source methodologies for secure AI deployment
Emma Roth / The Verge :
2024-06-27
Great update from @google TAG's Zak Butler on the Chinese linked DRAGONBRIDGE influence operation + how we've continued to track pursuits, techniques + engagement. In Q1, @Google disrupted 10,000+ instances of activity, read more about those details here: https://blog.google/...
The Keyword
An overview of China's Dragonbridge multiyear disinformation campaign that uses AI-generated content and spans social networks to target geopolitical rivals
Zak Butler / The Keyword :
2024-03-28
Great work from @Google TAG's @maddiestone & @Mandiant's @JaredSemrau & James Sadowski on the joint 0-day year in review report. 2023 showed 97 0-day vulns exploited in-the-wild + key findings on commcerical spyware vendors, vendor investments and more: https://blog.google/...
The Record
Google researchers observed 97 zero-day exploits in the wild in 2023, up 50% from 62 in 2022; 48 were used by espionage actors and 10 were financially-motivated
Jonathan Greig / The Record :
“Just as importantly, generative AI presents a unique opportunity to improve our enforcement efforts significantly. Our teams are embracing this transformative technology, specifically LLMs, so that we can better keep people safe online.” https://blog.google/...
Search Engine Land
Google blocked or removed 5.5B ads and 12.7M advertiser accounts for violating its policies in 2023, up from 5.2B ads and 6.7M advertiser accounts in 2022
Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land :
2024-02-14
With cyber becoming a tool of first resort for warfare, threat intel is more important than ever. Read @Google's TAG & @Mandiant of @googlecloud's new report on cyber's role amid the Israel-Hamas war and an update on the Russian war in Ukraine: https://blog.google/...
Bloomberg
Google's TAG says a pro-Palestinian hacking group targeted Israeli software engineers to download malware ahead of October 7, in an attack dubbed Blackatom
Apple's Longest-Serving Designer to Depart Company, Adding to Exodus — Apple iMessage, Microsoft Bing Dodge EU's Big Tech Crackdown
2023-12-05
Products like @Gmail & @YouTube rely on text classification models to identify harmful content like phishing attacks and scams. Learn how our RETVec tool makes text classifiers more efficient and has helped to make Gmail inboxes safer https://security.googleblog.com/ ...
Ars Technica
Google upgrades Gmail's spam filters with RETVec, a text vectorizer that understands “adversarial text manipulations” like emojis, typos, and special characters
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica :
2023-11-15
Another great CPU vuln catch from @Google's @taviso (CVE-2023-23583)! Happy to see such a successfully coordinated disclosure with @Intel and our industry peers to secure online users: https://cloud.google.com/...
Ars Technica
Intel patches a bug affecting virtually all modern Intel CPUs that lets code running inside a VM crash hypervisors, a risk to cloud providers in particular
Among other things, bug allows code running inside a VM to crash hypervisors. — Intel on Tuesday pushed microcode updates to fix …
2023-10-27
Proud to be announcing the expansion of our #AI bug bounty program and new ways we're supporting open source security for ML supply chains https://blog.google/...
Engadget
Google expands its bug bounty program to add generative AI, which has unique security issues, like model manipulation and unfair bias, requiring new guidance
Sarah Fielding / Engadget :
2023-08-10
Exciting news out of #BlackHat this morning: @Google is partnering w/ @DARPA and industry partners for its upcoming AI cyber challenge. Security work is done better together & I look forward to seeing all the great insights that come from this initiative: https://whitehouse.gov/...
Engadget
The US debuts a DARPA contest to build AI systems that can proactively identify and fix software flaws, with help from Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI
a competition to automatically find/fix software vulnerabilities. Details: https://www.darpa.mil/... [image] Charley Snyder / @charley_snyder_ : Can AI help secure open source soft...
2023-08-09
Collaboration is key! @Google researchers @flowyroll and @taviso worked closely with industry partners, @Intel and @AMD to ID and mitigate two new critical security vulnerabilities Downfall and Zenbleed https://security.googleblog.com/ ...
Wired
Intel fixes a flaw found by a Google researcher that could let attackers steal passwords and other secrets, affecting Skylake, Tiger Lake, and Ice Lake chips
The vulnerability could allow attackers to take advantage of an information leak to steal sensitive details like private messages, passwords, and encryption keys.