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AI search answers are the fast food of your information diet – convenient and tasty, but not a substitute for good nutrition

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This feature is yet another addition to the increasing number of add-ons and tools being integrated into search engines like Google. Some notable examples include knowledge graph-driven knowledge panels, which are used to populate relevant factual information in an infobox next to search results, and featured snippets, which are short summaries extracted from a search … Read more

How three tech giants are monopolizing our AI future

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They are building data centers pretty much everywhere these days. The vast, windowless buildings are the physical engines of the internet and the cloud; there are more now under construction than ever before, and the The new breed is bigger and hungrier. A typical center used to consume 10 megawatts of electricity; now they are … Read more

Google is making adjustments to AI Overviews after a difficult rollout

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Google is making some changes to its AI overviews after its artificial intelligence-powered search function gave “strange and erroneous” responses to people’s online searches. AI Overviews were introduced last month at Google’s annual I/O developer conference. Now when people use Google Search to find information about certain topics, a box with AI-generated text appears at … Read more

Why do AI chatbots sometimes show false or misleading information?

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Google’s new search feature, AI Overviews, is facing mounting backlash after users pointed out factually incorrect and misleading answers to questions. Launched two weeks ago, AI Overview shows a summary of answers to frequently asked questions on Google Search from various sources around the web at the top of the page. The goal of the … Read more

Why Google is adding AI to its searches is a really big deal

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What is going on Over the past few decades, Google’s search engine has been perhaps the single most important factor in dictating what the modern Internet looks like, to the point where the company’s name has become the literal dictionary definition of finding something on the Internet. The Big Tech giant recently started making a … Read more

Google’s AI search overhaul raises ‘more questions than answers’ for its dominant advertising business

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By the end of the year, more than a billion people around the world will experience a different Google search. New generative AI features will give users more complete and direct answers and provide a conversation overview powered by AI technology. The transition marks an overhaul of Google’s core search product. And since many people … Read more

Google and Harvard reveal the most detailed map ever of the human brain

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Ten years ago, Dr. Jeff Lichtman – professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University – a small brain sample in his laboratory. Although small, the 1 cubic millimeter of tissue was large enough … Read more

Google and Harvard reveal the most detailed map ever of the human brain

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Ten years ago, Dr. Jeff Lichtman – professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University – a small brain sample in his laboratory. Although small, the 1 cubic millimeter of tissue was large enough … Read more

Smartphones can now last 7 years. Here’s how to make them work.

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Every smartphone has an expiration date. That day comes when the software updates stop coming and you start missing new apps and security measures. With most phones this happened after about three years. But things are finally starting to change. The new number is seven. I first noticed this shift when I tested Google’s $700 … Read more