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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 →

Greetings from Sin City. I'm here at Google Cloud Next 25—where it's all AI, all the time. Google made so many announcements yesterday that it wouldn’t be useful to list them all, but here’s what’s most likely to impact how you spend your day. Continue Reading →

Greetings from Las Vegas. Google ended its Leaders Circle with a spectacular event at the Sphere—we were treated to a preview of a "making of" video for the upcoming release of The Wizard of Oz, reimagined by Sphere Studios in partnership with Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Magnopus, and Warner Bros. It was truly awesome. Continue Reading →

Google launched "Discover Sources," a new feature that lets NotebookLM search the web directly within your notebooks—and I'm already addicted. This feature helps you find relevant web content by simply describing your topic, after which NotebookLM searches and summarizes the most relevant sources, which you can add to your notebook with one click. Continue Reading →