The trade association backing some of the biggest news publishers in the US slammed Google’s newly expanded AI Mode, which trades traditional search results for an AI chatbot-like interface. In a statement on Wednesday, the News/Media Alliance said the new feature is “depriving” publishers of both traffic and revenue.

Google's AI Mode, the experimental Google Search feature that lets users ask complex, multi-part questions via an AI interface, will roll out to everyone

Google also introduced its new Flow app that expands its video-generation toolset, and capped off the presentation with a demo of its new Android XR glasses. The company was also

Google’s AI search results are about to get even more ads. On May 21st, the company announced that it’s going to start testing ads in AI Mode, the new AI-powered search feature that just rolled out to everyone in the US.

Google's expansion of Search and Shopping ads will open new opportunities for businesses to reach users during early, discovery moments.

I/O presentation, the company revealed AI assistants of all kinds, smart glasses and headsets, and state-of-the-art AI filmmaking tools.

Project Astra debuted at I/O 2024 as a next-generation AI assistant that can view the world around you, and provide advice and tips throughout the day. Since then, Astra has been incorporated into the camera and screen-sharing capabilities of the Gemini app and Google says it upgraded Astra's voice output to be more natural with native audio,

Shares of Google parent Alphabet surged Wednesday amid growing optimism about the tech giant's AI search capabilities in the wake of Google’s I/O conference keynote and rollout of its “AI mode” offering in the U.