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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 →

OpenAI's latest update to ChatGPT lets it read your files in Google Drive and Dropbox. Just like that, your cloud storage is now part of your prompt. Continue Reading →

NotebookLM, one of Google's most viral AI products, just got a really useful upgrade: users can now publicly share notebooks with a link. Continue Reading →

The News/Media Alliance’s blistering statement that Google “just takes content by force” and that its new AI Mode is “the definition of theft” lit up every tech feed yesterday. The publishers are right to be angry; Google’s latest search UI hides the familiar blue-link list behind a tab and surfaces a Gemini-generated answer built from their stories without compensation. Continue Reading →

On Wednesday, Google announced a new Gemini AI-powered ad product called Peak Points at its YouTube Brandcast event in New York. The AI identifies moments during a video when viewers are most engaged, then drops in an ad. In theory, ads will perform better because the messages appear during emotionally resonant or attention-rich segments. Of course, it could completely backfire. People may be so engaged in the programming that they ignore the ads. Test and learn. Continue Reading →

In an unsurprising move, Google is putting generative AI at the center of its most valuable real estate. The company is redesigning its homepage to feature “AI Overviews,” a mode that uses Gemini to synthesize information directly on the results page. For users, this means fewer blue links, more summarized answers, and the beginning of the transition from search engine to answer engine. Continue Reading →

For the first time since Google became the default search engine in Safari, its share of search activity is declining. This isn’t a glitch. It’s a signal. Continue Reading →

Google is moving its experimental AI Mode out of the lab and into the real world. Beginning in the coming weeks, a small percentage of U.S. users will see a new AI Mode tab. Instead of a list of links, AI Mode delivers a conversational answer generated from Google’s index, effectively turning Search into a Gemini‑powered chatbot. Continue Reading →

OpenAI has launched a new online shopping feature inside ChatGPT Search, adding real-time product discovery capabilities, including personalized recommendations, pricing, reviews, images, and direct merchant links – all presented seamlessly within ChatGPT. Continue Reading →

Google is just about to drop Veo, a video generation model that can create high-quality 1080p footage from text, image, and video prompts. Announced at Google I/O, Veo outputs cinematic shots with accurate physics, realistic motion, and a surprising grasp of visual storytelling — all from a short prompt. Continue Reading →