For AI to get a better understanding of you, Stein says Google’s AI models would use connected services like Gmail so that it could paint a detailed picture of your likes and dislikes over time. Thanks to that, for example, the AI can serve you up targeted product releases that you might like.

Google is testing how to make it easier to move from search to an AI chat in a new global test.

Since the launch of ChatGPT three years ago, analysts and technologists — even a Google engineer and the company’s former chief executive officer — have declared Google behind in the high-stakes race to develop artificial intelligence.

Generative engine optimization, GEO, is the latest marketing buzzword. Platform experts give their advice for what actually moves the needle.

The promise is AI that's uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is AI that feels more like surveillance than service.

Wang Weixiu, founder of optical device maker Zhongji Innolight, has seen his fortune climb to $13 billion amid surging demand from Google for its products in the AI race.

Google's Lens tool on Chromebooks can mean it easier for students to cheat with one click, prompting teachers to question how they can maintain academic integrity.

John Giannandrea, Apple's AI chief, is leaving the company. Amar Subramanya is joining as vice president of AI.