(Reuters) -Google has hired Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and select members of the coding tool's research and development team to join its DeepMind division, a Google spokesperson said on Friday, in a move to strengthen itself in the race for AI leadership.

OpenAI’s deal to buy Windsurf is off, and Google will instead hire the Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some of Windsurf’s R&D employees from the company to join DeepMind, Google and Windsurf announced Friday.

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Starting today, Google is bringing image-to-video generation to the Gemini app. The feature comes courtesy of the company's Veo 3 model, which Google began rolling out more broadly to AI Pro users last week after it was initially only available to AI Ultra subscribers.

Google made Veo 3 available for free to Pixel 9 Pro, added Gemini support to Pixel Watches, and brought gaming support to Circle to Search.

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At the same time, most of Google’s Gemini-powered tools are still free on Samsung devices. New Gemini-powered tools are also free for the next six months for early buyers of the Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7. For now, Samsung is keeping core Galaxy AI tools free and giving users more certainty about what they can use without extra cost.

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