Google brings AI-powered search to all U.S. users
Whether you embrace it or not, AI is shaping the future of Google Search. Google is bringing AI Mode to Google Search for every U.S. user, beginning today. Google launched AI Overviews a year ago,…
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It sure looks like AI-powered search is coming to Safari
AI-based search options may be coming to Safari across Apple’s platforms. At least, that’s what Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior VP of services, testified in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Alphabet Inc. The lawsuit is over…
Google’s search monopoly breakup could mean the death of Firefox
The US Department of Justice wants to break up Google’s search monopoly. But while this might seem like good news for Google’s competitors, it could actually be harmful to some. For example, Mozilla now warns…
Google’s ‘AI Mode’ search is ready to replace a list of links
Google said Thursday that it has begun migrating its “AI Mode” out of its experimental Labs effort and into the real world. Google said that a “small percentage of people” in the “coming weeks” will…
Microsoft releases its own AI search engine, called Copilot Search
Artificial intelligence has basically taken over and replace traditional web search engines. You’ve already seen it with AI overviews in Google Search, followed up with OpenAI going the way of SearchGPT. Even alternative search engines…
Windows 11’s April feature updates tease AI semantic search and more
Based on a number of new features being rolled up within new “Release Preview” updates for Windows 11, Microsoft appears to be readying a push for AI-powered enhancements in the coming weeks. Although Microsoft typically…
Anthropic’s new AI search feature digs through the web for answers
Caution over citations and sources Claude users should be warned that large language models (LLMs) like those that power Claude are notorious for sneaking in plausible-sounding confabulated sources. A recent survey of citation accuracy by…
AI search engines give incorrect answers at an alarming 60% rate, study says
Even when these AI search tools cited sources, they often directed users to syndicated versions of content on platforms like Yahoo News rather than original publisher sites. This occurred even in cases where publishers had…
Perplexity teases Comet, an AI browser for ‘agentic search’
Search, AI, browsers: all three technologies naturally mix together. So it should be no surprise that AI-powered search engine, Perplexity AI, is teasing its entry into the browser market with “Comet.” Perplexity isn’t saying much.…
Windows tests long-awaited changes to Start, Share, and Search
On Friday, Microsoft released a pair of new builds to test new Windows 11 features, offering improved cloud search to Copilot+ PC owners, alongside a nifty new sharing and Start menu interface for Windows users…