Need a research assistant to help you distill dense, complex material? AI-powered Illuminate transforms published papers into audio discussions.

Contractors working on Google Gemini are comparing its responses to Claude's, according to internal correspondence seen by TechCrunch.

As AI-powered search options grow and get used more often, the change may have stark effects on the search ad industry, and change how millions of businesses market themselves.

Fast Company fed 188 reports looking ahead to 2025 from a variety of industries into NotebookLM (because the tool has a limit of 50 sources per notebook, we were forced to divide it into four separate ones), then asked the chatbot to help pick out patterns in the information. What follows is a human-summarized version of AI’s analysis.

Whisk is a “creative tool” for quick inspiration, Google said in a blog post, as opposed to a “traditional image editor.” In essence, Whisk is intended as a fun AI feature, rather than as something that’s supposed to be refined professional work.

Over the past month, we've seen a rapid cadence of notable AI-related announcements and releases from both Google and OpenAI, and it's been making the AI community's head spin. It has also poured fuel on the fire of the OpenAI-Google rivalry, an accelerating game of one-upmanship taking place unusually close to the Christmas holiday.

Google is planning to add a new “AI Mode” to its search engine, according to a report from The Information. The company will reportedly display an option to switch to AI Mode from the top of the results page, allowing you to access an interface similar to its Gemini AI chatbot.

A new AI ‘reasoning’ model called “Gemini” allows users to view the AI’s thought process as it answers questions.

Google’s contractors reportedly use an internal platform for comparing Gemini’s outputs to those of other AI models.

"AI Mode," shown at the top left of the web results page and inside the Google app, will provide an interface similar to a Gemini AI chat, according to The Information.

Google also announced Whisk, an experimental AI that lets users upload multiple images to generate a remix. Users upload a photo of the subject, the scene, and the style, as well as writing text prompts and the software will create something new from the reference photos and text.

Google Search might get a Gemini-based AI Mode soon that lets you perform online searches similar to ChatGPT Search.