News & Reviews:   Google Cloud

Google Cloud recently announced the Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. This 3 month, equity free program provides generous support, including up to RM1645000 (US$350000) in cloud credits for 25 startups before the application deadline of 20 June 2026, with the program commencing in August 2026. 

PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk (Emtek Group) recently announced their "Studio of the Future" vision using Google Cloud generative AI-based production technology to help revitalize an older 2013 animation work of theirs called Keluarga Somat. The new Keluarga Somat was recently aired in 2026 on Vidio and MentariTV Indonesia.

At the Google Cloud Next 2026, the company discussed how it has evolved its generative AI platform over the past year. The trend for this year is agentic AI, a concept that Google has embraced for Gemini Enterprise. Let's take a look at what this "Agentic Enterprise" platform can do.

The Gemini roll-out continues as Google recently and officially announced Gemini in Chrome for Malaysia. Located in the top right corner under “Ask Gemini”, this opens up the Gemini Prompt window on the right of the currently opened tab. This allows it to read the information on Chrome and works across tabs. Check out all the details here.

PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk (CIMB Niaga), in collaboration with Google Cloud and Artefact, officially launched a dedicated artificial intelligence (AI) agent to enhance the banking experience of millions of Indonesians. That said, what should you know about it?

Google Cloud has officially launched Gemini Enterprise, its most advanced, fully integrated agent-based AI platform, designed to help organisations automate complex workflows and unlock new levels of productivity. Now available globally—including Malaysia—Gemini Enterprise combines the power of Google’s Gemini AI models with real-time organisational data, enabling employees to orchestrate intelligent, multi-step AI agents that can perform sophisticated business tasks.

Ransomware remains a devastating cyber threat, involving organizations from healthcare to education and governments to corporations. Today, Google Cloud announced a new, AI-powered defense for Google Drive particularly for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows files.

Google Cloud has announced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), a new open standard to securely initiate and process payments led by AI agents. The move is a significant step into the future of commerce, particularly for Southeast Asia, where the combined gross merchandise value of e-commerce and other online services exceeded RM1.1 trillion in 2024. So, would you use an AI Agent to do your shopping?

The digital frustrations of a faulty search bar, the logistical headaches of maintaining consistent service across a vast hotel network, and the operational inefficiencies of traditional workflows are all too familiar. As customer expectations are on the rise in Malaysia, these issues can be a silent killer of sales and a major blow to brand reputation.

However, a glimpse into an AI-powered future is already underway just across the causeway. In Singapore, Gill Capital Group (powering brands like H&M in Indonesia and Thailand), Frasers Hospitality, and FairPrice Group are leveraging Google Cloud agentic solutions to tackle these very challenges head-on. These could provide a blueprint for how Malaysian counterparts in similar industries could also utilise such features.

The first time I tried Google Veo 3 and Flow to make a more than 8-seconds video, I came up against problems with consistency. This meant that throughout my videos, my character sometimes didn't have the same clothes, hairstyle or even voice.

For today's topic, we made this guide on How to get consistent characters in Google Veo 3 and Flow, so do read on.