
Managing Director at @Google. Advisory Board at @KingsTrust. Board and Trustee at @Media_Trust. Tech, AI, media, digital, skills and social mobility.
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David Black retweeted
Some magical progress towards "magic state" in quantum!
Our @GoogleQuantumAI team has demonstrated "magic state cultivation" on physical hardware for the first time. The result is a 40x error reduction on our Willow processor vs. previous methods, achieving a state-of-the-art 99.99% logical fidelity.
It's another step towards useful, error-corrected quantum computers to help solve the hardest problems. The result is published in Science today, watch the video below to see how it works
David Black retweeted
A conversation with Sergey Brin, @joshwoodward, @tulseedoshi, and @melvinjohnsonp about Gemini 4 Argon, how we got here, and the path ahead!
David Black retweeted
Gemini 4 Argon is amazing for knowledge work and coding - and it’s super fun to build with! We asked it to create this wizard chess game and it's so cool to see Argon's physics understanding & 3D modelling capabilities, makes me nostalgic for Battlechess on the Amiga - fun times!
Argon is rolling out today to Google Ultra and Pro subscribers in the @GeminiApp and Search, and Ultra subscribers in @antigravity! More info & full availability in the blog: blog.google/innovation-and-a…
David Black retweeted
Gemini 4 Argon is here.
It’s available globally today for developers and enterprises in the paid tier of the Gemini API and the Gemini platform, for Ultra subscribers in Google Antigravity, and Ultra and Pro subscribers in the Gemini app and Search.
Hope you all enjoy it!
David Black retweeted
Today we are rolling out Gemini 4 Argon globally in the Gemini API, to Pro + Ultra in Gemini App, and Ultra subs in Antigravity!
Argon is a huge step forward for Gemini, and a labor of love. This model has been battle tested by over 100,000 people at Google over the last month, with so much new innovation, ambition, and hard work baked into this release. The team has been heads down over the last 6 months working to make this possible across the stack (research, infra, safety, eng, etc).
We rolled the model out to cyber defenders as part of our fairwind program and early access customers over the last 2 weeks, it has been amazing to see and talk to folks who are now using this model daily. Seeing the models writing capability, raw knowledge and persistence for coding, paired with new features like 1M token output when the model needs to work more has gotten me even more excited about our path ahead.
This is just the start of the Gemini 4 era. As you saw with 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8 Flash, our iteration speed with Gemini is fast : ) Now with Gemini 4 Argon to work from, I am cannot wait to see the progress continue, and most importantly see what this new model enables for the world.
This is such a special moment in the arc of technology, as millions of people everyday tackle problems they could never have thought possible before. Gemini 4 Argon was built to help you tackle the hardest problems. I have personally felt this spark with Argon and hope you do too. Onwards!!
David Black retweeted
Today, we are announcing our new Gemini agent for your business—a universal cloud agent running 24/7 to get your work done.
It arrives knowing your tools, data, and work history; it works across knowledge work, content, and code; and it comes with built-in governance to help your data stay secure and cost stay in control → goo.gle/4j7daun
David Black retweeted
Announced today at #GeminiAtWork from @GoogleCloud:
✨ Gemini is becoming your universal agent for work. It answers your questions, handles your knowledge work, creates images and media, and writes and runs code, all grounded in your business context. No need for step-by-step instructions — just delegate an outcome and return to finished work.
✨ Gemini works inline in @GoogleWorkspace — directly inside Gmail, Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Chat, and Calendar, with the same memory, skills, and controls it has everywhere else.
✨ New data and analytics skills let technical teams and everyday business users ask questions in natural language and get actionable insights in minutes.
✨ Specialized industry-specific skills, tools and connectors are rolling out for financial services and legal teams.
✨ Built-in security and governance give IT teams peace of mind with enterprise-grade data protection, privacy controls, and central oversight.
Learn more: goo.gle/4jNzpFP
.@googlearts has partnered with 3,000+ cultural institutions across 90+ countries to make art and heritage accessible to everyone—and today, we’re rolling out a refreshed mobile app experience. 📱🌎
Here are some of the new ways you can use it to explore world culture 🧵↓
David Black retweeted
For 20+ years @ShaneLegg and I've discussed AGI’s potential impact on the economy, science & society. With the DeepMind Institute, we're expanding interdisciplinary research on key questions for the AI era. We hope it spurs the discussions needed to get the next steps right: deepmind.google/institute
We’re using advances in AI to accelerate scientific progress in ways that directly improve people’s lives across health, natural disaster and weather resilience, and economic opportunity. Read today’s update ⬇️
Today we have set out how we’re building AI to accelerate science and improve people’s lives. Just some examples in the last week or so:
- Mapped all 9B possible single letter genetic changes across the human genome with AlphaGenome Atlas and made it openly available to researchers.
- Billions of decisions depend on weather predictions so we introduced WeatherNext 3, our most accurate and capable global weather AI model to date.
- We published AI & Economy ATLAS, a comprehensive open-access look at how people are using AI globally.
- AI has enabled extraordinary advances in language translation. Today our services are available in nearly 300 languages, spoken by 7B people
We’re focusing our efforts on four key areas: health, natural disaster and weather resilience, learning, and economic opportunity. blog.google/innovation-and-a…
David Black retweeted
Today we have set out how we’re building AI to accelerate science and improve people’s lives. Just some examples in the last week or so:
- Mapped all 9B possible single letter genetic changes across the human genome with AlphaGenome Atlas and made it openly available to researchers.
- Billions of decisions depend on weather predictions so we introduced WeatherNext 3, our most accurate and capable global weather AI model to date.
- We published AI & Economy ATLAS, a comprehensive open-access look at how people are using AI globally.
- AI has enabled extraordinary advances in language translation. Today our services are available in nearly 300 languages, spoken by 7B people
We’re focusing our efforts on four key areas: health, natural disaster and weather resilience, learning, and economic opportunity. blog.google/innovation-and-a…
David Black retweeted
Today @FastCompany awarded @Google the winner of their 2026 Innovation by Design Awards for our holistic design vision and new AI design language, seen across our products, from @GeminiApp to @GoogleMaps' Immersive Navigation and Search AI Mode. Read the full story. fastcompany.com/91589966/goo…
David Black retweeted
Lyria 3.5, our best-sounding music generation model, is now available in AI Studio, via the Gemini API, and in the Gemini app
this model brings more expressive vocals and richer musical arrangements, allowing you to craft tracks with higher fidelity
try it today: ai.studio
Lyria 3.5, our best-sounding music generation model, is now available in the @GeminiApp 🎵✨
With more expressive vocals and richer musical arrangements, it’s easier than ever to bring your idea to life:
🪄 Use our new templates to jumpstart your creativity
⌛ Choose to create short or longer tracks
✅ Select or describe your genre and choose between vocal or instrumental styles















