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Google Opens Lyria 3.5 to Developers and Adds Song Generation to Gemini

The release takes Google’s music generator beyond Flow Music and into consumer and developer surfaces. Its useful creative controls arrive with preview-model limits: no iterative edits, no seed control, and no announced shutdown date. The consequential change is distribution: a tool previously limited to Flow Music is now available through Google AI Studio, the API, and Gemini’s consumer interface.

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Launch Models

Sep 1, 2026

Google Adds Agentic Video Understanding to Gemini, Claiming 88% Lower Token Use

The API feature shifts Gemini from fixed-rate video sampling to targeted inspection of frames, audio and transcripts. Its value for long recordings will depend on whether Google’s reported efficiency and accuracy gains carry into production workloads. Google has launched agentic video understanding for Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite.

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Partnership Business

Aug 31, 2026

Google Courts Hollywood for AI Licenses, but Talent Rights Are Holding Up Deals

The discussions span production tools, character licensing and YouTube’s proposed likeness detection. Studios must weigh new AI revenue and efficiency against copyright claims, performer protections and their ability to sue. Google has approached Disney, Universal, Warner Bros.

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Launch Models

Aug 27, 2026

Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash Adds 40-Second Scene Extensions and 4K Finishing Controls

Google is combining continuity controls, lower-cost previews and high-resolution finishing in one video workflow, though its extension and reference windows remain short. Google has released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash as a production-ready generative-video update for developers. A longer memory for continuing a shot The central change is scene extension.

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Launch Models

Aug 26, 2026

Google Puts Gemini 3.5 Transcribe in Preview With Live and Recorded-Audio APIs

The release turns speech recognition into a Gemini product layer for developers and Google surfaces, but a product-specific price remains unavailable for teams weighing production use. Google has released Gemini 3.5 Transcribe in public preview, giving developers separate APIs for real-time voice interaction and recorded-audio processing. But Google’s pricing page does not list a price for Gemini 3.5 Transcribe.

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Launch Models

Aug 24, 2026

Alibaba Rolls Out Wan3.0, Turning Business Files Into 30-Second AI Videos

The product is designed to turn existing material such as presentations and spreadsheets into video, while Alibaba is funding a more capital-intensive AI push. Alibaba has formally rolled out Wan3.0, a video-generation model built to turn business source material into clips of up to 30 seconds. That design shifts the prompt from an open-ended instruction toward an organization’s pre-existing information.

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August 2026

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Launch Tools

Aug 22, 2026

Every Built an AI Copy Editor From Its Editor in Chief’s 30,000 Edits

The internal tool is meant to extend Kate Lee’s editorial judgment across a growing company, not remove the need for expert judgment on difficult work. Every is automating aggressively while adding people. The publication and product studio says AI writes essentially all of its code, yet it grew from about 15 employees to roughly 30 over the past year.

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