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Google unveils Gemini Enterprise AI platform to expand corporate reach

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Google, part of Alphabet, has launched Gemini Enterprise, a new AI platform for business clients designed to bring advanced artificial intelligence capabilities to the workplace. The move marks the company’s most significant push yet to compete with Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic in the fast-growing enterprise AI sector.

Powered by Google’s most advanced Gemini AI models, the platform enables employees to converse directly with company data, documents, and applications, allowing faster decision-making and research. It offers both pre-built AI agents for common tasks — like data analysis and deep research — and tools for companies to build custom agents tailored to their operations.

Google said it has already signed major clients for Gemini Enterprise, including Gap, Figma, and Klarna, as the platform builds on the company’s existing Google Workspace suite, which integrates AI features across apps like Gmail, Docs, and Sheets.

The launch comes amid intensifying competition among tech giants seeking to monetize AI through enterprise subscriptions and workplace automation. Analysts view Gemini Enterprise as Google’s next step in turning its AI research into scalable business tools.

Google to power LA28 Olympics with cloud and AI technology

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Google has been named the official cloud provider for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, joining LA28 as a founding partner in a deal that also includes Team USA and NBCUniversal’s broadcast coverage. The collaboration will leverage Google Cloud’s infrastructure and AI tools, including its Gemini model and a new AI Mode in Search, to enhance both event operations and the fan experience.

Casey Wasserman, LA28 chairperson and president, said the partnership will help deliver “a technologically advanced, engaging, and digitally accessible Games.” Google’s systems will support venue navigation, real-time updates, and interactive digital experiences for millions of spectators and volunteers.

Marvin Chow, Google’s VP of marketing, said the collaboration will make the Games “more personal and interactive,” while NBCUniversal’s ad chief Mark Marshall noted that integrating Google’s AI with NBCU’s content would create “a world-class viewing experience.”

YouTube will also partner with NBCUniversal to host exclusive Games-related content, expanding audience reach across platforms.

With more than 70,000 workers and volunteers expected, Google’s technology will serve as a digital backbone for the Olympics. It becomes LA28’s fifth founding partner, alongside Starbucks, Honda, Comcast, and Delta.

The LA28 organizers, a private non-profit, aim to secure up to $1 billion in new sponsorships next year — bringing total deals to around $2 billion as the city prepares to host its third Olympics and first Paralympics.

New York City sues tech giants for allegedly fueling youth mental health crisis

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New York City has filed a sweeping federal lawsuit against Meta, Google, Snap, TikTok, and ByteDance, accusing them of addicting children to social media and worsening a mental health crisis among young users. The 327-page complaint, lodged in Manhattan federal court, seeks damages for gross negligence and public nuisance, alleging that platforms like Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok were deliberately engineered to exploit the psychology of youth for profit.

The lawsuit claims the companies’ products have contributed to rising rates of depression, sleep deprivation, and chronic absenteeism among minors. According to the city’s data, more than 77% of New York City high school students spend over three hours daily on screens, and 82% of girls report similar habits.

New York’s health commissioner declared social media a public health hazard earlier this year, citing growing taxpayer burdens to combat mental health challenges in schools. The city also linked compulsive platform use to dangerous behaviors such as “subway surfing,” which has caused at least 16 deaths since 2023.

The case joins over 2,000 similar lawsuits filed nationwide, now consolidated in federal court in Oakland, California. A spokesperson for Google rejected the allegations, saying YouTube is a streaming platform rather than a social network. Other defendants have not yet commented.

The city argues that the companies must be held accountable for the harm caused by their algorithms, which it says have created a costly and deadly youth mental health epidemic.