The latest AI news we announced in August 2026
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Here are Google’s latest AI updates from August 2026
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- Google rolls out its September Android Drop, with remembered items in Find Hub, Guided vision in Gemini Live, Motion Assist to reduce motion sickness, and more (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)Techmeme · September 1, 2026
- Sources: Google plans to release Gemini 3.8 Flash as soon as Wednesday; Gemini 4 has done well on pre-training evals but still needs to complete post-training (Erin Woo/Wall Street Journal)Techmeme · September 1, 2026
- Google’s Android update tackles motion sickness, accessibility, and moreTechCrunch AI · September 1, 2026
- Memo: Alexandr Wang says Meta is switching from Google Chat to Slack for internal communications as Slack is the "strongest platform available today for agents" (Business Insider)Techmeme · September 1, 2026
- Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of designTechCrunch AI · September 1, 2026
- Introducing agentic video understanding with GeminiGoogle DeepMind · September 1, 2026