Google is continuing to develop its Gemini desktop experience, with custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) server support emerging as another step toward a more connected AI workspace. The reported addition would let users configure external MCP servers through the desktop application’s connector settings, potentially giving Gemini access to a wider range of third-party tools and […]
ChatGPT web traffic share has climbed to approximately 56% of worldwide generative AI chatbot website traffic, while Google Gemini has slipped to 25%, according to September 2026 figures attributed to Similarweb. The latest numbers suggest OpenAI is regaining ground after a period in which Google’s AI assistant made significant gains against its biggest rival. (OfficeChai) […]
Gemini Notebook has replaced its per-feature daily caps with one compute-based limit that refreshes every five hours up to a weekly ceiling, shows an estimated cost before you generate, and adds a Generate later queue for Video Overviews and Slide Decks. We explain how the new limits work, what each Google AI plan gets, and how to make your allowance go further.
From 9 October 2026, free Gemini app users on personal accounts are limited to Flash-Lite, AI Plus loses Pro, and AI Pro gains Deep Think. We set out the new model table with UK prices, context windows and limits, why Google is rationing its best models, and how Aleph Alpha’s open-weight Kolibri-1 offers the opposite: a model you download and keep.
Google is retiring Gemini Gems. Creating and editing stops on 13 October 2026 and Gems migrate automatically to Skills in Gemini Spark on 17 November. We trace how the plan changed since August, compare Gems with Skills, explain why free, work and UK users may lose out, and list what to save now.
Google is testing a Buy button that opens a Flipkart checkout inside Gemini and AI Mode for some shoppers in India, on smartphones, electronics and accessories, with a wider rollout planned for later in October. We set out what is confirmed, why the Flipkart-branded flow differs from Google’s own UCP checkout, where Amazon, OpenAI and UPI fit in, and what the test means for shoppers and sellers before the festive sales.
A single testing mistake at Irregular, the Israeli AI security startup formerly known as Pattern Labs, explains rogue AI incidents disclosed separately by Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google. We explain the two errors, each lab’s incident, the disclosure gaps, what Irregular says it has fixed, and the questions every buyer of AI testing should now ask.
ChatGPT Pro Max, a $500-a-month ChatGPT plan, appeared in OpenAI’s web app code and in a Codex commit on 24 and 25 September 2026. The same week Google released Gemini 3.8 Live and made Live Avatar generally available. This article covers the leak evidence, the renamed Pro ladder, the Gemini benchmarks and pricing, and what businesses should do.
Google’s Gemini desktop app now has a switch between Chat and Tasks, and trusted testers are starting to receive Gemini Task mode, the home of its computer use agent. Tasks carries a Gemini Live entry point, hinting at voice-controlled computer use on top of the new Gemini 3.8 Live model, and a new settings menu lets users choose allowed and disallowed apps. This article covers what TestingCatalog found, five weeks of computer use traces, the Drive backup and large-folder problem, Windows and Workspace admin controls, and what businesses should decide before rollout.
Google is reported to be building Apple Messages access into the Gemini desktop app, twenty-seven days after OpenAI shipped the same capability for ChatGPT on macOS. We read the report, Google’s own Gemini for Mac documentation, the ChatGPT plugin coverage and the privacy reaction to it, and set out the four macOS permissions such a feature depends on, the consent problem it creates for everyone on the other end of a thread, and the configuration profile that blocks it before it ships.
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