Google AI Updates: May 7, 2026

1. Google Triples Gemma 4 Throughput With Multi-Token Prediction

Google. Google released multi-token prediction drafters that accelerate Gemma 4 generation roughly 3×, using auxiliary heads to propose several tokens at once and then verify them. The drafters ship for the Gemma 4 family and are pitched as a drop-in inference upgrade. Source

2. Google AI Search Pulls In Quotes From Reddit and Other Forums

Google. Google updated AI Mode in Search to surface verbatim quotes from Reddit threads and other community forums alongside synthesized answers. The company frames it as helpful for niche queries; it also expands the surface area for forum-driven SEO and renews the long-running quality debate around UGC sourcing. Source

3. Google Spotlights Search Live and Shopping for Gardening Tasks

Google. A consumer-facing post lays out how AI Mode, Search Live, and Shopping work together for gardening — image-based plant ID, conversational follow-ups, and product recommendations linked to the same query. It is a useful look at how Google is wiring Lens, multimodal search, and Shopping into the AI Mode experience. Source