Search Engine

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  Cohere Introduces Embed 4, an AI-Powered Multimodal Search Engine for Enterprise Data Retrieval

  Cohere released Embed 4, an artificial intelligence (AI) embedding tool, last week. The Toronto-based AI firm pitched the new search and retrieval tool to businesses building and deploying AI applications and agents. The company, which builds enterprise-focused AI models and tools, claims that Embed 4 can understand complex, multimodal documents an...

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  Google to Enforce MiCA Compliance for Crypto Ads in the EU With Stricter Policy

  Google is set to update its crypto-related advertisement policies to align with the MiCA regulations in the EU. It said only MiCA-registered crypto exchanges and wallets will be allowed to advertise their services and offerings through the search engine giant starting April 23.

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  Netflix Reportedly Testing an AI Search Engine Powered by OpenAI

  Netflix is reportedly testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for its platform. As per the report, the streaming giant is working on an AI-powered search engine that will replace the existing search function on the platform. It is said to be powered by OpenAI’s AI models and will let users search for content using more specific terms.

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  DuckDuckGo Introduces AI-Assisted Answers On Its Search Engine, Upgrades Duck.ai Chatbot

  DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused web browser, announced the rollout of AI-assisted answers on its search engine last week. The feature was so far available in beta, but now the company is releasing it to all users. With this, users will be able to see an artificial intelligence (AI) generated summary of their searched query, similar to Google’s AI...

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  Google Tests An AI-Only Version Of Its Search Engine

  Alphabet's Google launched an experimental version of its search engine on Wednesday that completely eliminates its classic 10 blue links in favor of an AI-generated summary.

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  Google Said to be Facing EU Charges of Breaching Big Tech Rules

  Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech. One probe focuses on whether Google favours its vertical search engines such as Google Shopping, Google Flights and Google Hotels over rivals, and whether it discriminates against third-party services on Google search results.

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  Microsoft Hit by French Antitrust Probe Over Rivals’ Bing Access

  Officials from the French antitrust authority are probing Microsoft to see if it is unfairly dumping bad search results onto smaller engines that rely on Bing’s huge reservoir of search results, according to people familiar with the matter.

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  Techie Calls Turning Down Perplexity AI's Job Offer "Worst Decision", CEO Aravind Srinivas Reacts

  A software engineer who let go of an offer from Aravind Srinivas, the Indian-origin CEO of the AI search engine Perplexity AI, recently took to X to share how much he regretted the decision.

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  Who Is Aravind Srinivas, CEO Who Has Challenged Elon Musk Over USAID

  Aravind Srinivas, the Indian-origin CEO of the AI search engine Perplexity AI, is not new to controversies. Recently, he challenged his Tesla counterpart Elon Musk to "stop" him if he can from raising a mammoth sum from the federal agency.

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  How to Hide Google AI Overviews in Search Results Temporarily or by Default

  Google AI overviews for search results offer quick summaries using artificial intelligence. While useful for a broad view, they can sometimes provide incorrect information from unreliable sources. Here's how to revert to a simpler Google search engine version, showing only links matching your query.

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  Perplexity Assistant for Android With Image Analysis and Web Search Introduced

  Perplexity introduced a virtual assistant for Android devices on Thursday. Powered by the company’s answer engine, the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant can answer questions, generate messages, as well as perform some app-based tasks as well. Additionally, the Perplexity Assistant also has multimodal capabilities and can access the user’s ...

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  Los Angeles Firefighter Finds Lost Wedding Ring In Rubble Of Burned Home

  Pasadena Fire Engineer Chien Yu was searching through the rubble when one of his colleagues discovered a silver ring and handed it to him.

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  Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine Reportedly Spoofed Its Results Page to Make It Appear Like Google

  Microsoft Bing has reportedly changed the user interface of its search result page to make it appear like Google. As per the report, this particular result page design only appears when users search for “Google” on the Bing search engine. The result page reportedly imitates several elements from Google’s home page such as a doodle on top of t...

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  ChatGPT Search Feature Reportedly Vulnerable to Prompt Injection and Hidden Text Manipulation

  ChatGPT Search, a feature that lets the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot look for information on the web, is reportedly vulnerable to manipulation by website developers and owners. As per the report, OpenAI’s search engine’s behaviour can be altered using hidden text on the website. This text is said to be used to feed incorrect and decepti...

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  Apple Executive Explains Why the Company Will Never Develop a Google-Like Search Engine

  Apple does not have any intentions of building a search engine or entering the text ad market, highlighted a company executive on Monday. The statement arrived as an official testimony in the ongoing antitrust case against Google and Apple filed by the US Department of Justice over the default search engine deal that triggers any queries entered by...