2026-05-20: Google's I/O 2026 delivered Gemini 3.5 Flash (4x faster, 3x the price)

Show Notes - 2026-05-20 Stories Covered: - Today: (https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/with-gemini-3-5-flash-google-bets-its-next-ai-wave-on-agents-not-chatbots/) - Gemini Spark: Google's 24/7 AI Agent (https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-introduces-gemini-spark-a-24-7-agentic-assistant-with-gmail-integration/) - Google AI Studio: Build Android Apps in Minutes (https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/googles-ai-studio-now-lets-anyone-build-android-apps-in-minutes/) - Google Pics: AI Design App for Workspace (https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/ai-design-tools-are-the-next-big-battleground-and-google-is-going-all-in-at-io-2026/) - Google Search AI Agents: Background Monitoring (https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/how-to-use-googles-new-ai-agents-to-go-beyond-your-standard-searches/) - Android CLI 1.0 for AI Agents (https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/agentic-app-coding-gets-an-upgrade-with-googles-release-of-android-cli/) - Process Automation: When to Use AI (https://zapier.com/blog/process-automation) - AI Governance Kills AI Pilots (https://zapier.com/blog/ai-transformation-is-a-problem-of-governance) - Accounts Payable Automation ROI (https://smallbiztrends.com/accounts-payable-automation/) - Gemini 3.5 Flash Price Increase (https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/gemini-35-flash/) - Google AI Ultra Subscription Access - OpenAI Launches Singapore Applied AI Lab (https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-for-singapore/) - Google vs. Anthropic on Security Models (https://www.theverge.com/tech/933921/google-wants-to-compete-with-anthropics-mythos) - Content Provenance: OpenAI and Google Collaborate (https://openai.com/index/advancing-content-provenance) - Education for Countries Expands (https://openai.com/index/the-next-phase-of-education-for-countries) - Automate your status reports: - Replace one manual check with an AI agent: - Test process automation on invoicing: Full brief: https://carolinacleartech.com/ai-brief/2026-05-20/