I remember 1996 like it was yesterday. Banner ads were booming, and AltaVista was the coolest search engine around. The internet was flipping business models upside down, unlocking opportunities no ...

Google launches Web Guide, an experimental AI feature that clusters search results into topic groups. Available now in Search Labs. Google is testing Web Guide in Search Labs. Web Guide is an ...

This year’s conference included another change to search, this one more profound but less aggressively deployed. “AI Mode,” which has similarly been in beta testing for a while, will appear as an ...

An iPhone displays Google AI Mode, an experimental search mode that uses artificial intelligence and large language models to generate interactive search results, on March 24, 2025. (Smith ...

It’s clear now that the next revolution in AI technology is AI search engines. Rather than looking through a list of websites to visit, these tools generate a rundown of what you searched. There are ...

Anthropic's AI assistant Claude now searches the web, providing current information with source citations for paid US users. Claude can now search the web for up-to-date information. The feature ...

In a move that could redefine how people explore the internet, OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, its first AI-powered web browser. This launch marks a major milestone in OpenAI’s mission to merge ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Anthropic has introduced a web search capability for its Claude AI assistant, intensifying competition in the rapidly evolving AI search market where tech giants are racing to redefine how users find ...

People are already turning to AI to answer questions, compare products, and make decisions in seconds. That shift exposes a fundamental problem: the web’s underlying structure was never built for ...

Despite thousands of languages spoken worldwide, only a small fraction are meaningfully represented online. Most of what we see in search results, AI outputs, and digital platforms is filtered through ...