Google has launched Gemma 4, which goes beyond chatbots and creates AI agents that can plan tasks, take actions on their own, generate code even without internet access, and process audio and video.

AI chatbots make it possible for people who can’t code to build apps, sites and tools. But it’s decidedly problematic.

"AI sycophancy is not merely a stylistic issue or a niche risk, but a prevalent behavior with broad downstream consequences." ...