Google announces the Fairwind program
Announced the Fairwind program — provides Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and CodeMender, after screening, only to governments, national cyber authorities, critical infrastructure operators and large platforms. Requires, as conditions of participation, access limited to in-house security teams and multi-factor authentication. Said it has more than 650 partners and has given more than $100 million in cumulative cybersecurity support through Google.org, of which $36 million has been allocated to 35 cyber clinics
Why it matters
Institutionalizes an access-control approach that deploys dual-use offense-and-defense models only to vetted defenders
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