search engines

Alphabet’s AI-powered search now reaches 2.5 billion users monthly

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai revealed at Google I/O 2026 in May that AI Overviews — the Gemini-powered summaries displayed atop Google Search results — now reaches more than 2.5 billion monthly users, making it the most widely distributed AI product…

Reddit citations in ChatGPT drop 86% after OpenAI search change

Reddit has seen its presence in ChatGPT Search responses collapse almost overnight after OpenAI modified how its AI expands and sources user queries, according to data tracked by PromptWatch.

OpenAI engineer says Google built a ChatGPT-like bot a year before OpenAI

An OpenAI engineer who previously worked at Google Alphabet Inc. has claimed the search giant developed a ChatGPT-like chatbot nearly a year before OpenAI's November 2022 launch but chose not to release it over fears it would cannibalize its search…

Shared Claude AI chats with sensitive data surface in Google search

Hundreds of shared conversations from Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot became discoverable through Google search this week, exposing sensitive material including cryptocurrency wallet keys, personal information, and professional communications that users had not intended to make publicly findable.

Google’s AI pulls from Facebook for millions of answers

Google Alphabet Inc. is increasingly turning to social media — particularly Facebook — to power its AI-generated search answers, according to new research released Monday by enterprise search firm BrightEdge. The study found that Facebook appeared as a cited source…

Google search traffic grew 4% in June despite AI rivals’ explosive gains

Google's grip on web search remains firm even as artificial intelligence competitors post explosive growth figures. Global daily web visits to Google Alphabet Inc. rose 4% year over year to 2.8 billion in June, according to data compiled by BofA…

Reddit trolls trick AI search into reporting fake Trump death

A Reddit community of roughly 45,000 members has successfully duped AI-powered search engines into repeating a fabricated story claiming President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance died of rabies, exposing the fragility of AI systems that rely on user-generated…

Meta launches AI Mode on Facebook to overhaul search

Meta Platforms on Monday unveiled a suite of AI-powered tools for Facebook, led by "AI Mode," a feature that allows users to search the platform using natural language and receive synthesized answers drawn from publicly shared posts, Groups, and Reels.…