Google quietly updated its privacy settings in June to automatically opt all search users into allowing the company to store uploaded media—including photos, audio, and video—for training its AI model…
Google launched a new visual treatment in AI Mode that places prominent links to recipe sites at the top of responses for relevant recipe queries, including images, creator names, ratings, and ingredi…
Google announced Monday that its Gemini app's personalized AI image generation feature, powered by Nano Banana, is now free for all eligible U.S. users, expanding access beyond Plus, Pro, and Ultra su…
Reloadium launched an AI-powered investigation tool that transforms any query into a structured matrix of entities, events, and relationships using Gemini AI and Google Search grounding. The platform …
Google is expanding data collection from its services—including Search, Maps, Translate, and Photos—to train its Gemini AI models, with most users unaware of the practice. The company is rolling out a…
Google is rolling out a new Search Services History setting that automatically saves users' uploaded media—including images, audio, and video—for AI training, with the option enabled by default. Users…
Google updated its generative AI SEO guidance to clarify that LLMs.txt files are not needed for Google Search but are fine to use for other AI services. The revision addresses community questions and …
Google updated its AI Search optimization guide to clarify that LLMS.txt files have no impact on search rankings. Google Search does not use these files, and they neither harm nor help visibility or r…
Google users can disable AI Overviews in search results using workarounds like the Web filter, the "-ai" search operator, or adding "&udm=14" to URLs, as no built-in off switch exists. The AI-generate…
Google reported that search interest in "vintage" and "how to thrift" hit all-time highs in 2026, prompting the company to release five new Google Search tools to assist thrift shoppers. The features …
Google launched new Search Generative AI performance reports in Search Console on Wednesday, providing site owners with dedicated views of their impressions within AI Overviews, AI Mode, and generativ…
AI search personalization is creating an "answer bubble" where users receive different AI-generated responses to the same query without understanding why, according to a developer's analysis. The syst…
Google Personal Intelligence, powered by Gemini AI, now allows Google Search to retrieve answers from users' Gmail, Google Photos, and Calendar data instead of just the web. The feature, announced at …
Google has announced the release of Gemini 3.5 Flash, the first model in its new Gemini 3.5 family, which combines frontier-level intelligence with enhanced agentic and coding capabilities. The model …