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Millions of students are getting premium AI tools for nothing, while a buzzy startup starts charging for its AI-first browser. Security researchers showed how easy it is to make Google’s Gemini open the garage door, Google’s search chief insists AI summaries are not gutting web clicks, an accounting newcomer lands a big Series B, and Google’s Jules coding agent graduates from beta. Here is today’s full rundown.

In 2010, a Grammy-winning artist passed on investing $200K in an emerging real estate disruptor. That stake could be worth $100+ million today.

One year later, another real estate disruptor, Zillow, went public. This time, everyday investors had regrets, missing pre-IPO gains.

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Google is offering U.S., Japanese, Indonesian, Korean and Brazilian college students a 12-month Google AI Pro subscription at no cost. The plan unlocks Gemini 2.5 Pro with Guided Learning mode, Deep Research reports, Veo 3 eight-second video generation, NotebookLM, 2 TB of Drive storage and higher limits for the new Jules coding agent. Google is also pledging 1 billion dollars over three years for AI literacy programs and free Career Certificate training at more than 100 public universities.

The Browser Company has launched a paid version of its AI-powered Dia browser at 20 dollars per month. The Pro plan removes usage caps on AI chat and “skills,” while a free tier now limits heavy users. CEO Josh Miller says additional levels from 5 to “hundreds” of dollars will follow. Dia’s backers include Pace Capital and LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner, and the company has raised 128 million dollars to date.

A Tel Aviv research team pulled off 14 prompt-injection attacks dubbed “Invitation Is All You Need,” hiding malicious instructions in Google Calendar events and document titles. When a user’s Gemini assistant processed the poisoned data, it opened smart shutters, turned on a boiler, leaked emails and initiated Zoom calls without permission. Google has added output filtering and extra confirmations but the researchers warn that LLM integrations remain inherently vulnerable.

Responding to reports of falling traffic, Google Search head Liz Reid wrote that overall click volume “remains relatively stable” year over year even with AI Overviews at the top of results. Reid argues some publishers are seeing gains, especially those offering original analysis or discussion forums, and labels third-party studies that claim big losses as methodologically flawed. Google still drives billions of daily clicks and plans to expand AI search features further.

Andreessen Horowitz and ICONIQ have led a 70 million-dollar Series B into Rillet, valuing the startup around 500 million dollars. Founded by former N26 U.S. chief Nicolas Kopp, Rillet’s ledger software pulls data from Salesforce, Stripe and Brex to close books in hours instead of weeks. The firm says annual recurring revenue doubled in the last 12 weeks, it now serves more than 200 customers and will spend the cash on hiring engineers and speeding product road-maps.

Google’s asynchronous coding agent Jules is now available to everyone. During beta thousands of developers completed over 140 000 tasks, prompting UI polish, GitHub Issues support and faster reuse of prior setups. Jules now runs on Gemini 2.5 Pro and offers three usage tiers: Introductory, five-times-higher limits for AI Pro subscribers and twenty-times-higher limits for AI Ultra users. Eligible college students on the free AI Pro plan also receive the boosted allowance.

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