Google is taking action against algorithmically-generated spam. The search engine giant just announced upcoming changes, including a revamped spam policy, designed to keep AI clickbait out of its search results. “It sounds like it’s going to be one of the biggest updates in the history of Google,” says Lily Ray, senior director of SEO at … Read more
There are so many apps these days that it is really hard to be impressed by one in an instant. And that is slowly becoming the norm for generative AI. Unless an AI experience that can really make you sit up and take note, you feel pretty meh about it and brush it off by … Read more
Google got to where it is mostly by offering free services stuffed with ads but has increasingly experimented with a different business model: Selling subscriptions for extra perks. Its first, debuted in 2006, provided additional photo storage for users who didn’t want to have to hit the delete button. You can now pay Google for … Read more
Google has also been running a parallel experiment with using AI to remake its core search interface, launching a generative search experience that serves up chatbot-like answers ahead of the familiar list of ads and links. The company said just a few weeks ago that it doesn’t anticipate a “lightswitch moment” when the generative search … Read more
When OpenAI’s ChatGPT opened a new era in tech, the industry’s former AI champ, Google, responded by reorganizing its labs and launching a profusion of sometimes overlapping AI services. This included the Bard chatbot, workplace helper Duet AI, and a chatbot-style version of search. Now Google is consolidating many of its generative AI products under … Read more
“I’m not a fan of AI,” Nebojša Vujinović Vujo says. The admission surprises me: He has built a bustling business by snapping up abandoned news outlets and other websites and stuffing them full of algorithmically generated articles. Although he accepts that his model rankles writers and readers alike, he says he’s simply embracing an unstoppable … Read more
Excire Foto has announced the launch of its “Next-Gen AI” tool for Adobe Lightroom Classic with the release of Excire Search. This new $189 Plugin will let Adobe users bring Excire’s advanced image management software directly into their Lightroom Classic workflows. With this latest release, Excire Foto has taken its previously standalone version of the … Read more
In preparation for the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) by the European Union in March, Google has announced that it has initiated changes to its products. As part of these alterations, users across Europe will be able to see modifications in the coming weeks, aimed at aligning with the regulatory requirements in the … Read more
In recent years Google has used the word “helpful” to describe new features added to its search product, its voice assistant, its generative AI tool Bard, even its Pixel earbuds. A keyword-search for the word “helpful” in Google’s own corporate news blog brings up more than 1,200 results. Depending on what you’re searching for, though, … Read more
WhatsApp is developing a new feature that will allow users to search for others on the platform by their usernames, eliminating the need to share phone numbers. The new feature is currently in development for WhatsApp Web and it is expected to be rolled out to mobile users as well in a future update. The … Read more