Amazon tests AI chatbot responses in its search.
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Amazon’s search bar will invent AI-generated products you can’t buy
… Meanwhile, online retailers are teaming up with Gemini and ChatGPT as AI becomes even more embedded in shopping. Amazon isn’t using AI to generate fake products for its other “shop by style” feature, though. This feature will show AI-generated collages with the clothing item you’re searching for. …
Google Search’s AI evolution includes more ads
Google’s AI-powered Search era apparently also extends to its ads. Now, when you look for a product in Search, Google’s Gemini AI model will surface relevant items and generate a “custom explainer” about why you should purchase a specific one. …
The 13 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2026
… Universal Cart is launching in Search and Gemini this summer, with YouTube and Gmail coming later. Search your inbox with your voice using Gmail Live Google is expanding Gmail’s already robust search tools with a version of the Gemini Live experience for your inbox. …
Google Search is getting its biggest changes ever
… Video: Google's new search box Liz Reid, Google’s vice president of Search, said during a briefing that the company wanted to eliminate the “friction” between AI Overviews and AI Mode. “We really work to make that much more seamless and simplified, so that for most users, they don’t have to think a… …
Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web
… I look at all the products, and they do seem like they should converge. You have the new Intelligent Search box, and I definitely want to talk about Search in more detail. But you look at that search box and then you look at, say, Canvas which makes you the apps. …
People Inc. CEO says it’s “probably” headed for a confrontation with Google over AI crawling.
… He noted that while it blocks other unlicensed AI crawlers, it can’t block Google’s since it’s the same one used for Google Search. …
Gmail is going to start talking to you
… Google is also expanding availability of Gmail’s AI Inbox, which basically turns your inbox into an email version of Google Search’s AI Mode, to subscribers of its Pro and Plus tiers. It’s already available for Ultra subscribers.
Would you let robots spend your money? Google is betting on it
… As more shoppers use AI chatbots to research products to buy or get recommendations, getting surfaced in AI search platforms is becoming more and more urgent for retailers and brands, which are already tweaking their online presence to try to get chatbots to mention them. …
Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview
… Forum’s AI chatbot lives under the “Ask” tab, where you can get AI-generated responses pulling from posts to various Facebook groups, similar to the way Google’s search results and AI overviews pull from the Reddit content it licenses and other sources on the internet. …