Frontier Risk Report (February to March 2026)
A pilot assessment of rogue deployment risk at frontier AI companies. Starting in February 2026, METR conducted a pilot exercise to assess misalignment risks from AI agents used inside frontier AI developers, with participation from Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI.

Google introduces Gemini Spark, a 24/7 agentic assistant with Gmail integration, at IO 2026 | TechCrunch
At the Google I/O developer conference, the company announced a new agentic personal assistant called Gemini Spark, built from Gemini's base models and an agentic harness from Google Antigravity.

With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots | TechCrunch
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.

The Gemini app becomes more agentic, delivering proactive, 24/7 help
A look at how the Gemini app is becoming more agentic, delivering proactive, 24/7 help.

I/O 2026: Welcome to the agentic Gemini era
The latest from Google I/O: See how we’re helping you get more done with Gemini.

Agents enter distribution - Sensemaker
Google I/O turned agents into a distribution story: Search, Gmail, Workspace, Android, Chrome, and developer tooling. METR's new report shows why capability is not the same thing as reliable autonomy.
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Sources for the May 20 Sensemaker brief on Google I/O making agents a distribution strategy, and METR's risk report showing why agent oversight matters.