Search Engine

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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...

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  As Google Faces A Grave And Uncertain Future, Apple Steps In. Here's Why

  Two of the world's largest tech behemoths - Apple and Google - are coming together in what is increasingly seeming like an indefensible case. Billions and billions are at stake and Google, the world's 'default' search engine, stares into the abyss.

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  Google's Proposed Search Result Changes Get Thumbs Up from EU Airlines

  Google's proposed changes to its search results to comply with EU tech legislation has received the thumbs up from lobbying group Airlines for Europe. The search engine giant is trying to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which prohibits it from favouring its own products and services on its platform.

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  Google Offers to Loosen Search Deals With Apple, Other Firms in US Antitrust Case Remedy

  Google urged US District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington to move cautiously in deciding what the company must do to restore competition, after his ruling that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.