james rosenthal

Googler. Now: digitising agencies. Then: lawyer & start-ups.

[👩‍💻 Paige Bailey @DynamicWebPaige]

🐟 Hitchhikers Guide fans, rejoice!

Babelfish has been achieved internally:

[Google AI @GoogleAI]

Today, we released Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, our latest audio model for live speech-to-speech translation.

It supports over 70 languages and starts translating as soon as you start talking, streaming translations while listening to what you say next. No awkward pauses or choppy audio, just real connection without language barriers.

So, how does it work? 🤔

The model is able to make split-second decisions to juggle speed and translation quality so conversations actually feel fluid, human, and natural. In order to do this, the model must receive and contextualize the input while simultaneously outputting the translated speech.

Through this process, Gemini 3.5 Live Translate manages to stay mere seconds behind each speaker and can even maintain pacing, pitch, and intonation across extended sessions.

See it in action below, or try it yourself in the Google Translate app on iOS & Android.

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

We’re dropping Gemini Omni: our first step towards a model that can create anything from anything - starting with video.

It combines Gemini’s intelligence with our generative media systems - representing a leap forward in world understanding, multimodality, and editing 🧵

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

At Golders Green today, The King reaffirmed his support for the Jewish community, following a series of antisemitic attacks.

During his time at the Jewish Care centre in North-West London, The King spoke to victims of the recent knife attack that took place in the area on 29th April 2026.

His Majesty also met community police force, Shomrim, who were involved in responding to the attacks.

[Tom Hulme @thulme]

We're excited to co-lead @Recursive_SI's early funding

Last week I sat down with Recursive's CEO @RichardSocher to hear about their vision for a recursive "Eureka machine" to rewrite its own code and automate scientific discovery.

It is an incredible approach to chasing the next genuine step-function S-curve, led by a world-class team with deep humility.

[james rosenthal @jrosenthal]

@_rockt @Recursive_SI Fantastic! We can't wait to see what you build, and we're looking forward to working with you, Tim

[Seb Johnson @SebJohnsonUK]

UK Tech has had the most insane month in its entire history:

> @IneffableLabs raised $1.1bn at a $5bn valuation

> Recursive Superintelligence raised $500m at a $4bn valuation

> @OpenAI announced its first permanent office in London

> @AnthropicAI is double downing on the UK, quadrupling its headcount here

> Jeff Bezos is looking to build an office here for his new AI startup

> Anthropic is looking to buy chips from Fractile

> @UKSovereignAI launched with £500m and invested in @CallosumAI

> @Revolut is targeting a $100bn secondary sale and $200bn IPO

> @ElevenLabs announced adding $100m of ARR in Q1

> @synthesiaIO announced huge international expansion plans

> @cusp_ai is in talks to raise at way above $1bn+

> @IsomorphicLabs, the @GoogleDeepMind spinout from @demishassabis, is preparing for human clinical trials

The rise of London as Europe's leading AI hub has been crazy to witness.

Major labs are either expanding or being set up here, chip companies are raising hundreds of millions here, and application level companies are flying.

2026 will be looked back on one of the ecosystem's defining years.

LETS GO

[Dave Rich @daverich1]

It’s very simple: the Intifada was a campaign of suicide bombings, shootings and stabbings that killed hundreds of Israeli civilians. Calling for it to be “globalised” means bringing it here. That isn’t “criticising Israel”. It’s inciting violent hatred.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'To Jewish families, more than 1000 years of history is bleak evidence that they are right to fear they will once again be on their own.'

@TrevorPTweets reflects on antisemitism in Britain, after a swathe of violence against the Jewish community

https://t.co/ANZKBjl0HG

[james rosenthal @jrosenthal]

The shrinking of Jewish life in Britain - @robertshrimsley explaining how it feels to be Jewish in the UK right now https://t.co/pkXBDGLYWH via @FT

[james rosenthal @jrosenthal]

@jonsac Kol hakovod!

[Chris Philp MP @CPhilpOfficial]

It is disgusting that Zak Polanski has endorsed criticism of the police who were dealing with a dangerous man armed with a knife who was hell-bent on murdering Jews

I spoke to one of the Shomrim volunteers who helped stop the perpetrator, and he told me that the man would have tired to kill more people if he had been allowed to continue. These officers deserve our full support

The only thing I want to hear from Zack Polanski is an apology for his offensive claim that antisemitism is only perceived, and not real

[Kirstie Allsopp @KirstieMAllsopp]

I love the U.K., a man can run around the streets stabbing people for being Jewish, and the issue people debate is whether the police officers trying to remove the knife from him used excessive force. Proof that we will do absolutely anything to avoid addressing antisemitism.

[Alex Brummer @albrummer]

As a Jewish person the terrible events in North London are spine chilling. Our thoughts must be with those injured going about their normal lives. But I am also struck by how little in the way of words of support I have received from non-Jewish friends. Strange silence.

[Omar Sanseviero @osanseviero]

Gemma 4 was released just a few weeks ago.

Since then, it has been downloaded over 50 million times and there are almost 1500 community-built models based on it. Exciting times ahead!

[Demis Hassabis @demishassabis]

Not bad at all… 😀🚀

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

You can now ask Gemini to create Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDFs, and more directly in your chat. No more copying, pasting, or reformatting, just prompt and download.

Available globally for all @GeminiApp users.

[Hadley Freeman @HadleyFreeman]

Today in Golders Green, a stabbing
Monday in Golders Green, an arson attack https://t.co/ZI8CwQ53Sd

But by all means, Zack Polanski, please keep talking about how this is just "a perception of unsafety" and you know best "as a Jewish party leader"

[Hadley Freeman @HadleyFreeman]

Reaction to my column on Sunday made me think of this from the the late Rabbi Sacks: "In the Middle Ages Jews were hated because of their religion. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Jews were hated because of their race. Now they're hated because of their nation state."

[Seb Johnson @SebJohnsonUK]

First @GoogleDeepMind, then Wayve, Synthesia, OpenAI, Anthropic, and now Project Prometheus.

If @demishassabis had let Google move DeepMind out of London none of this would have happened.

Truly a generational move from the UK's Godfather of AI.