The AI Acceleration: Enterprise Infrastructure, Malicious Threats, and Google's Ubiquitous Assistant

Databricks announces that Gemini models are now natively available on its data intelligence platform alongside OpenAI's GPT, enabling enterprises to build governed AI agents with their data securely stored in one place. Google Threat Intelligence Group details how state-sponsored threat actors are leveraging AI tools to automate phishing, generate polymorphic malware, and bypass safety guardrails, signaling a new era of AI-enhanced cyberattacks. Google integrates Gemini into Maps with hands-free conversational navigation that understands multi-part questions, shows landmark-based directions, and lets drivers report traffic disruptions by voice on Android and iOS. Chrome's new AI Mode button on mobile brings conversational search to the new tab page, starting in the US and expanding to 160 countries to give Google an edge over competitor AI chatbots. Google AI Mode now handles agentic tasks like booking concert tickets and beauty appointments by searching multiple vendors in real-time and maintaining context across follow-up requests within Search Labs.

• https://www.databricks.com/blog/databricks-free-edition-hackathon-show-world-whats-possible-data-and-ai
• https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/google-uncovers-promptflux-malware-that.html
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/you-can-chat-with-google-maps-now-thanks-to-this-big-ai-upgrade-how-it-works
• https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-ai-mode-button-3613179
• https://lifehacker.com/tech/google-ai-can-now-arrange-appointments-and-event-tickets