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Report: ChatGPT search engine could be announced as early as next week

OpenAI plans to launch a search engine to compete with Google Search, possibly causing significant disruption in the search engine market. [ more ]

GSMArena.com

Mobile UX

Rumor: OpenAI set to launch its own search engine to complement ChatGPT

OpenAI is launching a search product to compete with Google and Perplexity. [ more ]

theweek

Perplexity AI: has Google finally met its match?

Perplexity AI aims to disrupt Google's dominance in search with fast, accurate responses using generative artificial intelligence. [ more ]

Tech.co

How OpenAI's New AI Search Engine Plans to Topple Google

OpenAI is launching a new search engine to compete with Google, aiming to provide more useful information quicker to users. [ more ]

Theregister

Antitrust trial against Google comes to closing arguments

Google pays billions to remain default search engine, facing antitrust lawsuit for monopoly practices. [ more ]

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NBC4 Washington

Google unveils overhauled search with AI-enhanced results. Here's what to know

Google's new search engine will prioritize AI-generated responses over website links. [ more ]

Newsday

Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic

Google is rolling out a search engine that will favor AI-generated responses over website links, likely increasing information access speed and potentially impacting internet traffic. [ more ]

WRAL.com

Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic

Google's search engine will increasingly prioritize AI-generated responses over website links, potentially disrupting internet traffic flow. [ more ]

WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta

Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic

Google is rolling out a search engine that will prioritize AI-generated responses over website links for more complex searches, potentially impacting internet traffic and quickening information retrieval. [ more ]

TNW | Sustainability

5 months ago

Tree-planting search engine Ecosia launches 'green' AI chatbot

Ecosia, the world's largest not-for-profit search engine, has launched a generative AI search chatbot with a 'green answers' option, aiming to help users make sustainable choices.

Ecosia's CEO sees generative AI as an opportunity to disrupt the internet search market and potentially out-innovate established players. [ more ]

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The Atlantic

The Horseshoe Theory of Google Search

Generative AI features are reshaping Google's search engine to assist with inquiries, rather than providing definitive answers. [ more ]

Lifewire

Google Details Its Plan to Destroy Itself With AI

Google's plan to transform its search engine into an AI portal could have immense repercussions for businesses and users, impacting traffic and search results. [ more ]

The Drum

As Google embraces generative AI, news publishers chart courses into an uncertain future

News publishers heavily rely on Google for web traffic.

Google's new generative AI tool, SGE, may impact news publishers' traffic significantly. [ more ]

ReadWrite

Google reportedly considers paywall for enhanced AI-powered search capabilities

Google may introduce premium AI-powered features to its search engine.

Google is responding to the competitive pressure posed by generative AI technologies like ChatGPT. [ more ]

WSOC TV

One Tech Tip: Ready to go beyond Google? Here's how to use new generative AI search sites

Google search quality declining due to sponsored content

Generative AI chatbots changing search landscape [ more ]

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The Philadelphia Tribune

Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic

Google's new search engine will prioritize AI-generated responses over website links, potentially impacting internet traffic. [ more ]

WPXI

Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic

Google's new search engine will prioritize AI-generated responses over traditional website links for complex searches, promising faster information retrieval. [ more ]

Mashable India

Google Considers Premium Subscription For Its AI-Powered Search Engine

Google is considering a premium subscription model for AI-powered features in Search, while maintaining free ad-supported search.

The company is focusing on offering advanced AI features to stay ahead of competitors like OpenAI. [ more ]

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Android Authority

It's clear: You don't trust AI-generated search results

OpenAI needs user trust to succeed in ChatGPT-powered search engine. [ more ]

WIRED

It's the End of Google Search As We Know It

Google is revamping its search engine with new AI features, aiming for more personalized and summarized results. [ more ]

Barrons

Google's AI Search Revamp Puts Publishers In A Quandary

AI-generated answers by Google may reduce organic search traffic for publishers, impacting their audiences and requiring them to diversify online presence. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

Can Google Give A.I. Answers Without Breaking the Web?

Major online publishers face the threat of Google prioritizing generative AI in search results, potentially disrupting their business model. [ more ]

ZDNET

The 4 biggest Google Search features announced at Google I/O 2024

AI Overviews in Google Search provide concise summaries and relevant information to users, driving organic traffic to websites with accurate content. [ more ]

www.cnn.com

News publishers sound alarm on Google's new AI-infused search, warn of catastrophic' impacts

Google's integration of Gemini A.I. in search results will directly provide answers to user queries, potentially reducing traffic and revenue for news publishers. [ more ]

Daily Kos

20 hours ago

Web design

Google provides option to revert to original web search.

Google quietly added a 'Web' filter to search results resembling its interface from a decade ago, catering to users seeking text-based results without extra features. [ more ]

oregonlive

Web design

Google updates search engine to spotlight AI results

Google's new search engine will prioritize AI-generated responses over website links, potentially impacting internet traffic. [ more ]

PCMag UK

2 months ago

Web design

Google Moves to Filter Out More Spam, AI-Generated Content From Search

Google is cracking down on generative AI spam

Updates aim to reduce low-quality, unoriginal content by 40% [ more ]

Slate Magazine

4 days ago

Google Is About to Change Everything-and Hopes You Won't Find Out

Google is making significant changes to its search engine and product suite, incorporating AI and machine learning, potentially creating a worse search experience. [ more ]

AP News

Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly

Google and the Justice Department are presenting final arguments on the monopoly status of Google's search engine. [ more ]

Trusted Reviews

Google pays Apple a ridiculous amount to be Safari search engine

Google paid Apple a staggering $20 billion in 2022 for default search status on Safari. [ more ]

Ars Technica

2 months ago

Unsealed court doc shows why Apple rejected Microsoft's offer to buy Bing

Microsoft offered to sell or enter a joint venture regarding Bing to Apple in 2018.

Apple rejected Microsoft's offer after concluding Bing's search quality hadn't improved. [ more ]

Investing.com Australia

6 months ago

Google defends against antitrust accusations citing innovation and competition By Investing.com

Google is nearing the end of its defense in an antitrust lawsuit accusing it of holding a monopoly over search and advertising markets.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that Google shared 36% of search revenue from default search engine deals with Apple.

Google has cited its history of fostering competition through transformative products as part of its defense. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

6 months ago

What Google Argued to Defend Itself in Landmark Antitrust Trial

Google's lawyers are set to wrap up their arguments in the antitrust case against the Justice Department and state attorneys general on Tuesday.

Google's main defense has centered on justifying its actions and how it benefited consumers and competition. [ more ]

Tom's Hardware

4 days ago

Bye Bye, AI: How to block Google's annoying AI overviews and just get search results

Google's AI Overviews are criticized for providing plagiarized and inaccurate summaries, pushing expert insights down in search results. [ more ]

Le Monde.fr

Marketing

Can TikTok overtake Google as a search engine?

TikTok is becoming a dominant search engine for users, overtaking platforms like Google and YouTube. [ more ]

New York Post

Marketing

TikTok is the new Google for Gen Z as users seek out influencers for answers on everything from medical advice to Gaza war

64% of Gen Zers are using TikTok as a search tool

TikTok's video format and relatable content are preferred over Google [ more ]

ZDNET

4 months ago

Marketing

40% of Americans use TikTok as a search engine now - here are 4 reasons why

Over two in five Americans use TikTok as a search engine, with one in 10 Gen Zers relying on it more than Google.

TikTok is seen as more informative, digestible, personalized, and current compared to traditional search engines. [ more ]

Theregister

Google ponders making AI search a premium option

Google is considering moving some AI features to premium subscriptions.

AI-powered search features may be behind a paywall in the future. [ more ]

MarTech

2 months ago

Marketing tech

Google tells antitrust judge government trying to punish company for Search success | MarTech

Google accuses U.S. government of targeting it for its success and argues against antitrust trial outcome. [ more ]

WIRED

Google Prepares for a Future Where Search Isn't King

Google is releasing a new chatbot named Gemini to compete against OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Gemini will have its own app on Android and will be available on the Google search app on iOS. [ more ]

Lifehacker

Why Arc Search May Be the Future the Internet

Arc Search app combines browser, search engine, and AI chatbot to create a personalized internet experience.

It provides summaries and detailed breakdowns of search results, with up-to-date information and additional context. [ more ]

The Verge

Arc Search combines browser, search engine, and AI into something new and different

The Browser Company has released a new iOS app called Arc Search, which aims to combine a browser, search engine, AI chatbot, and website into a single app.

Arc Search scours the web for information and returns a webpage with relevant information instead of a list of search queries.

The Browser Company plans to expand Arc to other platforms and introduce a cross-platform syncing system called Arc Anywhere. [ more ]

Futurism

As AI Destroys Search Results, Google Fires Workers in Charge of Improving It

Google is firing thousands of contractors responsible for improving its search engine as tech company layoffs in favor of AI continue.

A new study found that the quality of Google's search engine results has worsened in recent years, confirming claims of 'enshittifcation'. [ more ]

MobileAppAaily

4 months ago

Jeff Bezos Bets On Dethroning Google With This AI Startup

Perplexity AI, an AI-powered search engine, aims to challenge Google's dominance in the search engine market.

Perplexity AI has garnered over 10 million monthly users and received significant funding, including investments from Jeff Bezos and Nvidia. [ more ]

Investing.com South Africa

6 months ago