Everything Announced at Google I/O 2026
… As you search for products, Google will show you listings that it hosts for products for sale at various retailers. …
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Google Is Not Ruling Out Ads in Gemini
… Do you expect all of these products—AI Mode, AI Overviews, Gemini, and Search—to be one thing at some point? It kind of depends on how usage evolves. Today, the way we think about it is Search is becoming AI search, and the Gemini app is your personal assistant. …
Google's AI Mode Update Tries to Kill Tab Hopping in Chrome
… It’s worth noting that in WIRED’s testing of similar AI search tools for product recommendations, AI summaries weren’t as accurate or reliable as just reading a website. …
Google Search Goes Agentic—and Doesn’t Need You Anymore
… Always-On Answers One of the key agentic experiences rolling out is a new form of dynamic data gathering through “information agents” that can be more proactive than previous search experiences and automate alerts through your conversational requests. “Ask Google to just keep you updated on anythin… …
I Asked ChatGPT 500 Questions. Here Are the Ads I Saw Most Often
… One of the open positions on OpenAI’s site is for a “product marketing lead, advertising,” and part of the role's responsibilities is to “identify product risk areas e.g., performance, safety, policy, trust and drive cross-functional plans to mitigate them.” Ads come with risks, and how they’re exe… …
I Asked ChatGPT What WIRED’s Reviewers Recommend. Its Answers Were All Wrong
… But OpenAI recently revamped its product recommendation features in ChatGPT to provide a more detailed user experience so you can spend more time with the chatbot and less time reading websites and doing your own research. …
Demis Hassabis Thinks AI Job Cuts Are Dumb
… Other agentic demos included a version of Android with an AI agent built in and a refreshed version of Google Search that uses agentic coding to generate a site or app on the fly in response to a search query. …
Tim Cook’s Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription
… The company has a multiyear deal with Google to embed Google Gemini into Apple products. If this latest tie-up is as lucrative as Apple’s Safari search deal with Google has been, Apple might do just fine in generative AI in the near term. …
Shop Smart: How to Avoid Scams and Mid Products on Amazon
… You can use the search box above them to scan questions and reviews for keywords that may indicate issues with a product, like "break,” “bad,” “defective,” “customer service,” or "return." Amazon has also implemented an AI-generated summary of reviews on most product pages, but take these with a gr… …
Why Walmart and OpenAI Are Shaking Up Their Agentic Shopping Deal
… OpenAI spokesperson Taya Christianson says the company wants to focus on improvements to help users research products, while giving merchants more control over checkout. “We appreciate our partners for learning with us,” she added. …