There's a meme that's been circulating around the interweb this week. I like the simplicity of this meme, but there are far more than three probable futures. Continue Reading →
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A TechCrunch investigation revealed something that should make everyone pause before clicking "share" on their next ChatGPT conversation. When users create public links to their ChatGPT conversations, Google and other search engines are indexing them, making private conversations discoverable through simple domain filtering searches. Continue Reading →
This week, Google quietly rolled out a new experimental feature called Web Guide. It lives in the Search Labs section and, for now, only affects results in the “Web” tab. However, if this moves into the main search experience, it will impact how people find content. Continue Reading →
Both OpenAI and Google DeepMind announced gold-medal performances at the 2025 International Math Olympiad (IMO) this week, correctly answering five out of six questions in one of the world's most challenging high school math competitions. The achievement marks a significant leap from Google's silver-medal performance last year and represents the first time AI systems competed using "informal" methods (processing questions in natural language) rather than requiring human translation into machine-readable code. Continue Reading →
Google just confirmed what many publishers have been dreading: AI summaries are now live in Discover, the main news feed within Google's search app on iOS and Android. This isn't another test; it's a full U.S. launch that fundamentally changes how millions of users consume news daily. Continue Reading →
Google just launched “featured notebooks” in NotebookLM, and they’ve created something entirely new: eight curated collections from respected experts that come preloaded with interactive AI that can answer questions, generate podcast-style discussions, and create mind maps from the source material. The lineup includes Eric Topol’s longevity advice from “Super Agers,” The Economist’s 2025 predictions, Arthur Continue Reading →
Google launched photo-to-video capabilities in Gemini yesterday, allowing users to transform static images into eight-second video clips with AI-generated sound. The feature is available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in select countries and uses the company's Veo 3 AI video model. The feature was already available in Flow, Google's AI filmmaking tool that launched in May, but bringing it to Gemini expands access to a much wider user base. Photo-to-video generation is rolling out on the web today, with mobile users expected to have access by the weekend. Continue Reading →
The browser wars just got interesting. Reuters reported yesterday that OpenAI is launching an AI-powered web browser in the coming weeks. Three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that OpenAI will integrate ChatGPT directly into browsing, letting AI agents fill out forms, book reservations, and handle tasks without clicking through to websites. Continue Reading →
If you watched the NBA Finals on Wednesday night, you may have seen a surreal 30 seconds of AI-generated madness: an old man in a cowboy hat carrying a chihuahua, a swimmer in a pool of eggs, and an alien shotgunning a beer. It wasn’t a fever dream, it was a real ad from betting platform Kalshi. Cost: $2,000. Production team: one person. Tools: Google Veo 3, Gemini, CapCut. Continue Reading →
Yesterday, Reuters reported that OpenAI finalized a cloud deal with Google in May. This might look like routine tech news. It is not. This is a strategic inflection point in the AI infrastructure wars. OpenAI, whose ChatGPT threatens the core of Google Search, is now paying Google billions of dollars to power its growth. Continue Reading →