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smarter and safer medicine @Verily, prev: smarter and safer Java @Google, smarter and safer payments @Venmo

Joined February 2009
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I did say we'd be releasing our models periodically...introducing Gemini 4 Carbon, our next frontier model. Following Argon's release just two weeks ago, Carbon shows the pace at which we’re pushing the frontier, it ranks #1 on the recently updated v5.0 of @ArtificialAnlys Intelligence Index at 59. It also leads across key cybersecurity evaluations scoring 88.2% on SEC-bench Pro for finding vulnerabilities, 54.8% on ExploitGym for exploitation, and 71.0% on CWE-bench for patching. We’re seeing significant improvements in long-horizon tasks even compared to Argon, and we’ve strengthened frontier safeguards. As we did with Argon, we’re going to roll it out gradually + responsibly. Some trusted cyber defenders will get access starting this week. We'll be expanding it to more partners through our Fairwind Program, ahead of wider availability soon, so hang tight!
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It's not because you're Muslim that people are asking you to condemn the Muslim Brotherhood. It's because your family has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and you have a problem denouncing terrorists. Blaming this on your faith and implying questioning you is racist is despicable.
This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
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Ron Shapiro retweeted
Grateful to all who made this powerful memorial possible @Columbia @cbhillel
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Fun fact: Ben Affleck, the successful AI founder and Python/CNN/GPU expert, had a prior career in the entertainment industry.
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Nano Banana 2.1 is here! This upgraded version outperforms our previous models across the board, with notable leaps in: - visual design - mask-based editing - subject consistency - more natural-looking imagery Try it now in @GeminiApp, @GoogleAIStudio, and more.
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I've just released SafeRE 1.0, a safe, correct, and fast regex library for Java. I found JDK bugs, learned that JDK-level performance wasn't enough, and learned a lot about building with agents. I wrote about the experience: eaftan.github.io/safere-10/
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🇺🇳 António Guterres: “The scale of killing in Gaza is unlike anything I've witnessed in my years as Secretary-General.” FACT-CHECK: ❌ Under Guterres's watch since 2017: 🇸🇾 Syria: 120,000+ killed 🇸🇩 Sudan: 150,000+ killed 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 162,000+ killed 🇾🇪 Yemen: 200,000+ killed
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Remote Control is here! Take Antigravity with you anywhere. Access your active sessions from any modern supported browser or mobile device across iOS and Android. Rolling out to all users starting today, beginning with Ultra subscribers.
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How many tokens were burned to recreate Find My Phone
Lost my phone at the office and spent 30 minutes turning the place over. Find My was disabled by MDM. Out of ideas, I asked Claude how I could find it. It suggested tracking the Bluetooth signal strength, then wrote me a meter in about a minute. I walked around watching the number climb. Found it. Apparently you can just make the tool you need now. Code: github.com/ben-z/findphone
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separating\nsignal\nfrom\nnoise (openai.com/index/separating-…)
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Ron Shapiro retweeted
Today we're releasing two generative media models for developers and enterprises with strong cost-performance. 🍌 Nano Banana 2 Lite: our fastest, most cost-efficient image model in the Nano Banana family. 🌐 Gemini Omni Flash: our natively multimodal high quality, cost efficient model for video generation and conversational editing. Both models are available today in @GoogleAIStudio, the Gemini API, and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
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I revisit this thread regularly
Time for another one: Why read the Bible in Hebrew? Today's example is from the story of Samuel's childhood. Let's take a look at the word "na'ar" (נער). A thread (for non-Hebrew readers too!) 🧵 1
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From a 1,100 person Shabbat dinner on the school’s basketball courts to an Ishay Ribo concert, Jewish joy is thriving at @Columbia That's the positive story about Jewish life at Columbia that doesn't get told enough. Despite two years of growth and progress, challenges still exist on campus. But I spoke to @JNS_org about how Columbia students are celebrating their Judaism. jns.org/news/u-s-news/jewish…
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You could attack the ludicrous nature of comments like this antisemite's But you can also instead remind them of the cowardice of Hamas "grown men" running behind tunnels and holding their children close instead of fighting the war they started.
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Or of Iranian "grown men" hanging women in public for not wearing headscarves
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Agent Skills also make for great docs for Humans. Yesterday I discovered a newly added skill (generated with Antigravity of course) in our codebase which increased my manual workflow 10x. Agents may be all the rage, but good docs are forever.
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Roughly 1800 tokens/day/person on earth. Impressive but it's just getting started.
Our Q4/FY’25 results are in. Thanks to our partners & employees, it was a tremendous quarter, exceeding $400B in annual revenue for the first time. Our full AI stack is fueling our progress, and Gemini 3 adoption has been faster than any other model in our history. We’re really well positioned and excited going into 2026. Much more to come!
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(((No thank you)))
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AOC literally went to the Columbia encampments — where they openly supported Hamas and harassed Jewish students such as myself — and thanked them. Don’t buy her BS m.youtube.com/shorts/Jn5UZBY…
Hey so marching into a predominantly Jewish neighborhood and leading with a chant saying “we support Hamas” is a disgusting and antisemitic thing to do. Pretty basic!
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