Project Glasswing, involving Claude Mythos2 and partnerships with AWS, Apple, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and others, targets cybersecurity vulnerabilities and aims to curb cyberattacks and software glitches.

Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, launched in April 2026, brings together major tech and cybersecurity partners to reduce cyber threats and software flaws.

Google is rolling out proactive, real-time protections for ads, with the majority of Responsive Search Ads reviewed instantly by end of 2025 and harmful content blocked at submission, and plans to extend Gemini-powered protections to additional ad formats.

The system analyzes billions of signals to preemptively stop deceptive, GenAI-crafted ads and to further reduce false positives while speeding up detection and blocking of policy-violating content.

Real-time detection includes instant review at submission and faster processing of user reports, allowing for four times more action on reports than the prior year and a significant drop in incorrect suspensions.

Android 17 introduces stronger privacy controls, including a new Contact Picker that limits data access to specific fields and reduces reliance on READ_CONTACTS, plus a one-time location access button with a persistent privacy indicator.

Location privacy is further tightened with a streamlined one-time location access control and a persistent indicator for non-system apps, pushing developers to minimize data use and consider declaring persistent precise location via a Play Developer Declaration if needed.

Android 17 also enforces privacy-friendly contact access by requiring apps to use the new picker or Sharesheet for access to contact data and to request only necessary fields.

India reported 1.7 million advertiser accounts suspended for repeated violations or safeguard evasion, with top violations including unauthorized trademark use, misleading financial services, copyright issues, misuse of data for targeting, and ad network abuse.

Play Console will offer a secure native app ownership transfer feature beginning May 27, 2026, to prevent unsafe transfers, with broader enforcement planned later.

A secure app ownership transfer system will be available in Play Console to prevent credential sharing or account selling, as part of tighter controls starting in May 2026.