… 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. …
… OpenAI has a chance to better monetize its user base as online search habits shift and more money is poured into generative AI-focused advertising. “The billions of dollars that are currently spent on search ads are going to be channeled to this new form of ad, so it's a huge multibillion-dollar ma… …
… People talking dirty to machines, like ChatGPT, is nothing new. “They want to monetize something they see that people are going to try and do anyway,” says Kate Devlin, a professor of AI and society at King's College London, whose research involves digital sex. …
… After all, he was getting paid, and people were happy with the content he was making. But he’s moved on from the AI hot girl influencer niche. …
… In Orlando, a police officer frustrated with a new policy limiting police access to GEDmatch went to court to obtain a search warrant allowing him to search through all the million-plus DNA samples in that database. …
… And again, like you said, we've known that Google was headed in this direction, but I do think it's a really interesting moment for the company because search is such a big part of its business model and ads on search are such a big part of its business model. …
… They’ll tell you, “Hey ChatGPT said that.” It’s scary and dangerous. Would you put an age limit on AI, or would you go even further than that? I would change the way AI is designed, and have guardrails, and have people audit the way it's built. …
… You said the company would be shifting to be, quote, “AI first.” AI would not just be about productivity but about getting closer to your mission. That email is still on your LinkedIn page, and the responses are painful to read. …