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Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash: Fast and cost-effective with longer clips

Google DeepMind has launched Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, introducing native 15-second video generation, improved reference adherence, stronger consistency across frames, multi-turn conversational editing, more natural speech, and cinematic camera movements. The model is now generally available via the Gemini API and Gemini for business, priced at $0.07 per second for 720p video—30% lower than its predecessor. It supports scalable workflows, including draft generation at lower resolutions, iterative edits, and upscaling to 1080p or 4K. Use cases include product explainers, social ads, virtual try-ons, and branded content, with applications across Google AI Studio, Google Cloud, Google Vids, Flow, the Gemini app, and Google Ads.

Postgres at Open House NYC

At Open House NYC, we showed how ClickHouse Managed Postgres and ClickHouse work as one stack, with a live WalShadow demo replicating Postgres into ClickHouse in under a second, plus the same-week Google Cloud and chdb extension launches.

GitHub Copilot Fusion Launches with Dual Capabilities: Intelligent Model Orchestration and Local Model Routing

On October 28, 2026, GitHub released the official version of Copilot Fusion, simultaneously introducing an experimental local model routing feature. This capability enables automatic invocation of local models such as MAI Code 1.1 Flash on Windows devices and activates intelligent routing within VS Code, the CLI, and the Copilot App. The system automatically selects and combines cloud models—like those from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google—based on three effort levels: Standard, High, and Max, achieving performance close to Claude Code while cutting costs in half during coding evaluations.

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Say goodbye to tedious exporting! Google Gemini gets a major upgrade: it now supports directly generating and editing multi-format files within conversations.

Google has announced a significant upgrade to its conversational AI large model, Gemini, adding the ability to directly edit files within the conversation. All users can now generate, preview, and fully edit multiple mainstream file types in real time on both web and mobile platforms—no longer limited to exporting. This update covers formats such as PDF, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Markdown, and more, aiming to enhance AI-assisted productivity and smoother interaction.

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The Moonlight Side announced that Kimi has officially integrated with Google Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Calendar.

On October 29, the Moonlight Side announced overseas that its AI assistant, Kimi, has been fully integrated into Google’s three major office services: Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Calendar. Users can enable this integration simply by making a few settings on the Plugins page. According to the official statement, this integration expands Kimi’s application scenarios, allowing users to quickly summarize Gmail email conversations, precisely locate needed information, and improve efficiency in handling tasks related to emails, cloud storage, and calendars.

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GitHub releases Copilot Fusion, an automated multi-model orchestration tool that boosts coding efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

At Universe 2026, GitHub unveiled Copilot Fusion, an intelligent orchestration layer that automatically routes and combines models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others to complete coding tasks—eliminating the need for developers to manually select models. It integrates existing automatic model-selection technologies with Project HydraFusion, previewed in September. Once the model selector is enabled, the system automatically adopts execution modes such as single-model, cascading, or critique, based on task complexity.

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Chrome starts “scrolling through your inbox” to help you fill out forms: Gemini turns Gmail into a form-filling assistant

Google is shifting Chrome’s auto-fill from “remembering” to “finding”: Powered by Gemini and Personal Intelligence, Chrome can now read your Gmail and proactively suggest order numbers, tracking numbers, flight booking IDs, and more—based on the current form. This enhanced form-filling feature began rolling out to U.S. users in batches starting late October, covering desktop Chrome as well as iOS and Android users who have enabled Gemini, aiming to break the decade-old habit of relying on users to manually save their names and addresses.

Chrome 开始"翻你的邮箱"帮你填表:Gemini 把 Gmail 变填单助手
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Google introduces cutting-edge Genie 4 world model

Google LLC today previewed Genie 4, an artificial intelligence model that can generate realistic three-dimensional environments. The algorithm is the latest addition to a series of world models that the company launched in 2024. Compared to its predecessor, Genie 4 is better at rendering fluid movements and other complex details. Furthermore, it can generate accompanying […] The post Google introduces cutting-edge Genie 4 world model appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

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Oracle brings Google’s TPUs to its cloud, adds ChatGPT integrations

Oracle Corp. today announced plans to make Google LLC’s TPU artificial intelligence accelerators available through its public cloud. The initiative marks the first time the search giant is supplying the chips to another hyperscaler. According to CNBC, Oracle will also add Cerebras Systems Inc.’s wafer-scale accelerators and OpenAI Group PBC’s Jalapeño inference processor. The latter […] The post Oracle brings Google’s TPUs to its cloud, adds ChatGPT integrations appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

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