Google is introducing a new artificial intelligence mode that more firmly embeds chatbot capabilities into its search engine, aiming to give users the experience of having a conversation with an expert.

Google became the gateway to the internet by perfecting its search engine. For two decades, it surfaced 10 blue links that gave people access to the information they were looking for. But after a quarter century,

Just don’t confuse Deep Think with DeepMind or Astra with Aura.

Google announced a confusing array of new ways to use its AI to find information at its annual I/O event. Here’s a guide.

Alphabet's Google and artificial-intelligence startup Character.AI must face a lawsuit from a Florida woman who said Character.AI's chatbots caused her 14-year-old son's suicide, a judge ruled on Wednesday.

A judge is “not prepared” to say companion chatbots should receive First Amendment protection.

The company is rolling out a feature that will answer search queries in a chatbot-style conversation without the classic blue links.

Ever since a mourning mother, Megan Garcia, filed a lawsuit alleging that Character.AI's dangerous chatbots caused her son's suicide, Google has maintained that—so it could dodge claims that it had contributed to the platform's design and was unjustly enriched—it had nothing to do with C.AI's development.

Google reportedly faces a fresh Justice Department probe over whether it violated antitrust law through its partnership with artificial intelligence chatbot firm Character.AI.

Google became the gateway to the internet by perfecting its search engine. For two decades, it surfaced 10 blue links that gave people .

In a wrongful death lawsuit, Character.AI argued that its chatbot users had a First Amendment right to hear even harmful speech. The judge wasn’t persuaded.