Year: 2026

Introducing Gemma 4 12B

Introducing Gemma 4 12B

Today, we are introducing Gemma 4 12B, our latest model designed to bring agentic multimodal intelligence directly to laptops. Bridging the gap between our edge-friendly E4B and our more

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HSBC expands AI banking partnership with Google Cloud

HSBC expands AI banking partnership with Google Cloud

HSBC has entered a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to develop and deploy artificial intelligence tools across its global operations. Announced at Google Cloud Summit London 2026, the agreement

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The Roadmap to Becoming an LLM Engineer in 2026

The Roadmap to Becoming an LLM Engineer in 2026

  # Introduction  An LLM engineer is not the same thing as a general machine learning engineer. Where a machine learning engineer might spend months training a neural network from

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AI Agent Tool Design: What Works and What Doesn't

What Works and What Doesn’t

In this article, you will learn how tool design — not model capability — is the root cause of most AI agent failures, and what concrete design patterns you

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Gemini 3.5 Live Translate is here

Gemini 3.5 Live Translate is here

Twenty years ago, translation at Google began as one of our pioneering machine learning experiments to turn the science of language into the magic of human connection. That experiment

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Automating portfolio trading with AI

Automating portfolio trading with AI

Coinbase for Agents connects AI to financial execution channels to automate trading and payments directly from user portfolios. Large language models process vast quantities of data but lack direct

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Pairing Claude Code with Local Models

Pairing Claude Code with Local Models

    # Introduction  Agentic coding sessions are expensive. A single Claude Code session — reading files, writing code, running tests, iterating — can burn 10–50x more tokens than a

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Using Scikit-LLM with Open-Source LLMs

Using Scikit-LLM with Open-Source LLMs

In this article, you will learn how to use locally hosted language models through Ollama to perform text classification tasks, all without spending a cent on API calls. Topics

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Introducing DiffusionGemma

Introducing DiffusionGemma

Why diffusion for text? While the AI research community has explored diffusion-based text generation for years, applying it to large models has remained a challenge. DiffusionGemma changes this by

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McDonald’s tests Google-backed AI drive-thru ordering system

McDonald’s tests Google-backed AI drive-thru ordering system

McDonald’s is testing a new AI system that can take drive-thru orders and support restaurant operations. The system, called ArchIQ and nicknamed “Archy,” was introduced during the company’s Worldwide

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