Perplexity's AI-powered search experience challenges Google's model by delivering conversational answers, citing sources and more.
Google is shutting down access to its PaLM API and wants developers to use the paid Gemini 1.0 Pro instead.
Google has for a long time used AI to write some knowledge panels. But now Google is labeling some of these AI written knowledge panels with "Al overviews are experimental" as a disclaimer. This may show up for both SGE and non-SGE results, I believe.Johannes Beus at Sistrix posted about this, sharing this screenshot:You can see that one shows the AI written section and one does not. I tried it myself logged in to SGE and it did not give me the AI written knowledge panel:That being said, I do...
Meta AI will point users to web search results of Google or Microsoft Bing for queries that require the most up-to-date answers.
Google's search engine was once the crown jewel of the Internet, but one executive's power grab led to its spectacular downfall, reports tech writer Edward Zitron in his newsletter article, titled "The Man Who Killed Google Search." In 2019, Google's ads team raised a "code yellow" alarm due to declining search revenue growth. — Read the rest
Satisfaction with the AI overviews is increasing and Google will continue to evolve the experience this year, according to Sundar Pichai.
Meta AI got a big update last week, adding new capabilities like GIF generation. What can it do that other tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Google Gemini can’t? Here’s where you might want to use Meta AI over the competition.
In a new paper, Google DeepMind researchers reveal just how AI can persuade us, what mechanisms enable it to do so, and explore its dangers.
Google is testing a Google Search feature designed to help users improve their conversational English skills. First discovered by X user howfxr, the AI-powered "Speaking practice" feature encourages non-English speakers to say English sentences out loud that include specific words.In one of the screenshots shared on X, the conversation starter is: "I'm sad because I lost my favorite sweater at the park yesterday." The user must respond verbally to that statement with a sentence that includes...
Microsoft Edge for iOS is reportedly developing new features, including "Circle to Copilot" and "Chat with image using Copilot." Moreover, a recent server-side update for Microsoft Edge on iOS has enabled the "Notebook" feature within Copilot.This update also expands the character limit for notes to 18,000 characters. The next major update will also bring deeper integration of Copilot functionalities within the browser. It is worth noting that the Circle to Copilot feature has been floating...
Apple is not yet done with AI features and this time, they are coming to its Safari browser, along with notable UI upgrades once iOS 18 drops.
In a fresh update, Google Chrome's search bar aka Omnibox is getting the powers of machine learning, which would in turn offer more precise and relevant web page suggestions than before.