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Introducing Gemma 4 models on Amazon Bedrock

Today, we are announcing the availability of the Gemma 4 family on Amazon Bedrock. Built by Google DeepMind and released under the Apache 2.0 license, Gemma 4 is a family of open-weight models designed with a focus on intelligence-per-parameter across a broad range of deployment scenarios. The family includes three instruction-tuned variants: Gemma 4 31B, …

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Cloud CISO Perspectives: The 4 lessons that guided AI Threat Defense

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for June 2026. Today, we introduce Chris Betz as the new CISO of Google Cloud. For his first Cloud CISO Perspectives, Chris shares four key lessons we learned about using AI to the defender’s advantage while building AI Threat Defense. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents …

Love at first prompt? How AI-assisted courtship is rewriting the rules of online dating

In the famous French play Cyrano de Bergerac, the brilliant but insecure Cyrano lends his eloquence to the handsome, tongue-tied Christian to help him woo his lover. Today, a remarkably similar scene is playing out among millions of dating app users, with the role of the lovelorn poet played not by a human but by …