Google AI Mode Hits 1 Billion Users — Then a Security Researcher Finds a Flaw

Google AI Mode Hits 1 Billion Users — Then a Security Researcher Finds a Flaw

Google AI Mode — the AI-powered search experience that has already reduced click-through rates to publishers by up to 61% — surpassed 1 billion monthly users this week. The same week, a security researcher disclosed that Gemini API keys remain fully active and usable after explicit deletion — a design flaw with significant enterprise security implications. And European consumer group BEUC filed Digital Services Act complaints against Google, Meta and TikTok over financial scam ads. Three Google stories. One European perspective. gafam.ai.

Microsoft Build 2026 Opens Today — A Reasoning Model, Agent 365 and the Copilot Super App

Microsoft Build 2026 Opens Today — A Reasoning Model, Agent 365 and the Copilot Super App

Microsoft Build 2026 opens today in San Francisco — the day after GitHub Copilot switched to consumption pricing and the week before Apple’s WWDC. Satya Nadella’s keynote at 18:30 CET is expected to unveil Microsoft’s first reasoning-focused AI model, updates to Agent 365 and GitHub Copilot, Azure AI Foundry developments and a Copilot super app that consolidates multiple AI assistants. gafam.ai covers Build 2026 live — from a European perspective.