Model Launches· The Verge· Jun 4, 2026· 2 days ago· 1 min read
As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise
This week we've got tandem hands-ons with Google's new Gemini AI agent - Spark - from my colleagues David Pierce and Jay Peters. Their takeaways are similar: It's so effective that it's scary. Spark knew that David's do…
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New models reset the capability and price-performance frontier. Teams re-evaluate what to build on whenever a launch shifts what's possible per dollar.
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