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Months after the chatbot ChatGPT wowed the world with its uncanny ability to write essays and answer questions like a human, artificial intelligence (AI) is coming to Internet search. Three of the world’s biggest search engines — Google, Bing and Baidu — last week said they will be integrating ChatGPT or similar technology into…

It’s a good time to be a search startup. When I spoke to Richard Socher, the CEO of You.com, last week he was buzzing: “Man, what an exciting day—looks like another record for us,” he exclaimed. “Never had this many users. It’s been a whirlwind.” You wouldn’t know that two…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees they already have ‘thousands’ of workers ‘dogfooding’ their Bard AI.Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images) Google knows its AI just isn’t ready for prime time, so it has a new plan to iron out all the kinks, by forcing thousands of its workers to spend…

by William D'Angelo , posted 6 hours ago / 806 Views Microsoft and the Xbox team have announced the February 2023 update for Xbox has begun rolling out. The update adds carbon aware game downloads and updates, new touch controls in the Google Home app, the ability to hide game art…

Looking for last-minute Valentine’s Day ideas? This could help – Google has revealed the most common date night idea searches in each state, which Google says have reached a record high in the last month. Some interesting ideas here, that you likely hadn’t considered. Escape rooms seem like a very…

Image: Michael Homnick/IDG Despite what some of my professional colleagues will tell you, ChromeOS is fine. While it basically started as a browser with a Start menu on top of it, Google has spent years diligently improving it and updating its capabilities. If it could only run my rusty old…

The US Google Store has brought back a spate of deals on the Pixel 6a, 7, and 7 Pro, as well as both the cellular Pixel Watch. Update 2/12: The week-long $50 discount for a $299 Wi-Fi Pixel Watch (Amazon, Best Buy) and $349 LTE model (Amazon, Best Buy) ends…

As soon as ChatGPT launched last fall, the internet started asking questions about whether or not OpenAI’s chatbot would be the downfall of Google. The creator of Gmail even predicted ChatGPT was just a year or two away from putting Google out of business once and for all. But as…

Feb. 11, 2023 12:00 am ET Seeing the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbots touted in dueling announcements this past week by Microsoft and Google drives home two major takeaways. First, the feeling of “wow, this definitely could change everything.” And second, the realization that for chat-based search and related AI technologies…

Android 14 has revealed a few clues about the direction of Wear OS. (Image source: NotebookCheck)Google's Material You design language appears destined for Wear OS, which remains based on Android 11. Material You should bring greater customisation options to Wear OS with tweaks like system-wide colours, among other changes. The…