Google Labs

2026-10-24

RESEARCH · 1 SOURCE · The Decoder

NBER RCT finds Google Labs' InFlow boosts patent-drafting performance but juniors don't retain skills

A three-month randomized controlled trial by NBER tested an unreleased Google Labs assistant called InFlow with 133 patent attorneys across 11 U.S. IP firms. AI assistance substantially improved immediate patent-drafting scores—especially for attorneys with under seven years' experience—but when evaluated unaided, only senior attorneys retained benefits and junior attorneys showed no lasting improvement on a redlining task.

8.0

2026-10-11

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · WIRED AI

Google launches Playground in Google Labs — AI tool that generates playable browser games

Google this week launched Playground, an experimental Google Labs service that generates playable in-browser games from natural-language prompts and optional uploaded assets via a chatbot-like interface. Reporters used Playground to create several short games (examples include "Pork Drop," "Dinner Darling," and a top-down shooter called "Neon Don"); the tool is similar in concept to Meta’s Horizon Create and lets anyone with a Google account build and play user-generated games.

6.0

2026-10-07

COMPANIES · 2 SOURCES · Google · TechCrunch AI

Google launches Playground — browser tool to create games from text prompts

Google introduced Playground, an experimental browser-based platform that lets users create, play, share, and publish custom games using conversational text prompts with no coding required. The service launches in the U.S. (18+) with tiered creation access tied to Google One membership and promises features like multiplayer in select genres, leaderboards, safety screening for published games, and a forthcoming Unity Spark integration (closed beta).

7.0

2026-09-20

COMPANIES · 3 SOURCES · Google · TechCrunch AI · InfoQ AI, ML & Data Engineering

Google Labs launches CC as an experimental family-focused AI agent

Google Labs updated CC to operate as a household agent with its own verified Google Account, shared memory, and permissions for up to six members. CC connects to Gmail, Calendar, Tasks, Drive and other Google services, uses Gemini models and the Antigravity agentic harness, and can generate a shared daily brief, manage events/tasks, fill forms with permission, and is available as an early experiment on web and mobile in the U.S. (18+) via upgrade or waitlist.

7.0

2026-09-18

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · Google

Google Flow tools co-created with designers used at New York Fashion Week

Google’s Envisioning Studio and Google Labs collaborated with designers Jane Wade and Sergio Hudson to build two bespoke Google Flow tools: Styling Suite, for virtual head‑to‑toe styling on digital models, and Runway Visualization, for simulating venue, lighting and props. Both tools were used at New York Fashion Week to streamline styling, fittings and show staging; Google Flow lets users build such bespoke tools via natural language with no coding required.

4.0

2026-09-10

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · Google

Google expands Dreambeans (personalized daily story collections) to all U.S. accounts

Dreambeans, an experiment from Google Labs that creates personalized daily collections of stories, was introduced in June and is now available to all Google accounts in the United States. The feature produces tailored story collections for users rather than being limited to the Labs experiment.

5.0