What better way to unwind from a two-hour keynote presentation than to pore over the weirdest and wildest details? From Gmail bots you can converse with to DeepMind’s leader saying the singularity is near. The Vergecast went live right after the show, with senior AI reporter Hayden Field joining me to discuss the highlights.

We react to Google I/O 2026: Spark, Antigravity, Omni, Pics, vibe coding and the new Google Search. Google has a new service called Spark that sounds a lot like a Gemini-flavored OpenClaw. There are upgrades to its Antigravity platform, a bunch of agents that will shop for you and track search topics. We also go over the model updates as well as its shift to world models with Gemini Omni, a theoretically ambitious new family that is off to a very focused start.

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Then we discuss how Google Search is evolving – or put more plainly, being stuffed with AI features that turn Google into your final destination when browsing the web. We also talk vibe-coding Android apps in Google AI Studio and the new Google Pics app. Google’s expansion of access to content authentication tools so that people can learn what is and isn’t real.

We wrap up discussing Demis Hassabis’ proclamation that AGI and the singularity are near, which got surprisingly little stage time (one sentence) for such a bold statement. And finally, Hayden takes us through her thoughts on the Musk v. Altman trial, which wrapped up earlier this week.