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Google introduces Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
Tulsee Doshi, Raluca Ada Popa
Google introduces Gemini 3.8 Flash, their “most intelligent workhorse model,” priced the same as Gemini 3.7 Flash. The company also rolled out Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, their “most capable cybersecurity model with frontier-level performance in vulnerability detection,” to trusted defenders via the Fairwind Program. 

Google’s Mueller Shares Their Experience With Markdown For AI SEO
Roger Montti
John Mueller shares what happened when he tested Markdown files designed to make content easier for AI crawlers to consume: “On my test sites the only crawlers who claim to accept markdown are SEO tools”.

OpenAI introduces GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 Astra, their “most intelligent and aligned model yet”, with state-of-the-art capabilities across computer use, coding, cybersecurity, and science. The model is rolling out to a limited set of organizations and will become available to all ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users in the coming days.

Google launches Google Pics in Google Workspace
Meg Whittenberger
Google is rolling out its image creation and editing tool, Google Pics, to Google AI Pro, Ultra, and most Workspace business customers, both as a standalone product and integrated into Workspace apps, over the coming weeks. It lets you segment images, modify text inside the image, and collaborate with others. 

Google DeepMind Says Gemini Is Evolving From Chatbot To AI Agent
Roger Montti
An interview with Google DeepMind SVP and Chief AI Architect Koray Kavukcuoglu shows how Gemini is transitioning beyond providing answers toward AI that helps users get things done.

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Can AI Agents Complete Tasks on Your Site? My Agentic Search Readiness Audit Framework [Free Skill Included]
Orit Mutznik
Orit goes through how to run the agentic search readiness audit in 6 stages: lighthouse baseline, accessibility tree, blocker sweep, real agent task runs, WebMCP decision, and scoring.

Google AI Mode shows the same products 21.6% more expensive than traditional search
Hugo Huijer
Hugo tracked more than 2 million product listings across 100,000+ SERPs and AI Mode responses in the US and UK, finding that, for matched products ranking in both AI Mode and traditional search, AI Mode is 21.6% more expensive and tends to surface higher-priced products. 

“3 AI Workflows I Built for Product Marketing (& What Broke Along the Way)”
Suzanne Kolpakov
Suzanne shares three AI workflows for competitive intelligence, product updates, and knowledge management, including what broke and what she learned.

The Next AI Protocol Won’t Save Your SEO Strategy
Bill Hunt
Bill argues that the obsession with new individual formats is creating problems, and that you should build the canonical base once and publish everywhere.

Create an AI Brand Visibility Report [+ Template]
Luke Harsel
Luke shares how to pair AI share of voice, citations, and sentiment with GA4 conversions in one report leadership can act on. 

Demystifying Grounding Queries with Real Data
Dr. Peter J. Meyers
Dr. Pete explains how Google Gemini uses grounding queries to source real-time facts, and how to optimize your content for machine search.

What high-citation brands do differently in AI search: The 2026 AEO playbook
Cassie Wilson Clark
Cassie shares how content structure and trust signals drive citations and what high-citation brands do differently in AI search: consistent content structure, strong E-E-A-T signals, multi-format, multi-channel presence, and more.

Which are the newest AI tools and automations you can’t miss?

​​Granola: The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings
Granola
Granola takes your raw meeting notes and creates notes for you and your team. 

AgenticTrack — Get your store agent-ready for AI commerce
AgenticTrack
Enter your store URL for a free agent-readiness report — your score, the issues holding you back, and how to fix them.

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