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  OpenAI Improves Web Search Tool in ChatGPT, Can Now Handle More Complex Queries

  Web search in ChatGPT received an update last week. With this, users will now experience higher quality responses, and better instruction following when making a query. Additionally, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm claims that the feature can now handle more complex queries, and work with longer context of the conversation.

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  IIT Kharagpur Student Trials ChatGPT o3 On JEE Advanced Mock Test, Stunned By Result

  She instructed ChatGPT o3 to act as a JEE aspirant, solving each question independently without web searches, coding tools, or hints.

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  Google Said to Face DOJ Antitrust Probe Over Character.AI Deal

  The DoJ is investigating if Google violated antitrust law in its agreement with Character.AI. Google last year signed a licensing deal with Character.AI that granted the search engine giant a non-exclusive license to the chatbot maker's large language model technology.

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  Google Ramps Up AI Features In Search Engine

  Google said it was beefing up online searches with even more generative artificial intelligence, as it presses on with embracing AI despite fears for its ad-based business model.

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  Only Google Can Run Chrome, Company’s Browser Chief Tells Judge

  Google Chrome's general manager Parisa Tabriz testified before a Washington federal court on Friday as part of the Justice Department’s antitrust case that accuses Google of monopolising the web search market. Tabriz told the court that Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web b...

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  Google Chrome Worth ‘Upwards of $50 Billion,’ Browser Rival Says

  Google’s Chrome web browser could be sold for as much as $50 billion (roughly Rs. 4,26,756 crore), estimates CEO of rival search engine, DuckDuckGo. Weinberg, who said the estimate was “back-of-the-envelope” math based on Chrome’s user base, testified as part of a three-week hearing in the DOJ’s case against Alphabet’s Google to determi...

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  Cohere Introduces Embed 4, an AI-Powered Multimodal Search Engine for Enterprise Data Retrieval

  Cohere released Embed 4, an artificial intelligence (AI) embedding tool, last week. The Toronto-based AI firm pitched the new search and retrieval tool to businesses building and deploying AI applications and agents. The company, which builds enterprise-focused AI models and tools, claims that Embed 4 can understand complex, multimodal documents an...

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  Google to Enforce MiCA Compliance for Crypto Ads in the EU With Stricter Policy

  Google is set to update its crypto-related advertisement policies to align with the MiCA regulations in the EU. It said only MiCA-registered crypto exchanges and wallets will be allowed to advertise their services and offerings through the search engine giant starting April 23.

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  Netflix Reportedly Testing an AI Search Engine Powered by OpenAI

  Netflix is reportedly testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for its platform. As per the report, the streaming giant is working on an AI-powered search engine that will replace the existing search function on the platform. It is said to be powered by OpenAI’s AI models and will let users search for content using more specific terms.

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  DuckDuckGo Introduces AI-Assisted Answers On Its Search Engine, Upgrades Duck.ai Chatbot

  DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused web browser, announced the rollout of AI-assisted answers on its search engine last week. The feature was so far available in beta, but now the company is releasing it to all users. With this, users will be able to see an artificial intelligence (AI) generated summary of their searched query, similar to Google’s AI...

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  Google Tests An AI-Only Version Of Its Search Engine

  Alphabet's Google launched an experimental version of its search engine on Wednesday that completely eliminates its classic 10 blue links in favor of an AI-generated summary.

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  Google Said to be Facing EU Charges of Breaching Big Tech Rules

  Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech. One probe focuses on whether Google favours its vertical search engines such as Google Shopping, Google Flights and Google Hotels over rivals, and whether it discriminates against third-party services on Google search results.

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  Microsoft Hit by French Antitrust Probe Over Rivals’ Bing Access

  Officials from the French antitrust authority are probing Microsoft to see if it is unfairly dumping bad search results onto smaller engines that rely on Bing’s huge reservoir of search results, according to people familiar with the matter.

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  Techie Calls Turning Down Perplexity AI's Job Offer "Worst Decision", CEO Aravind Srinivas Reacts

  A software engineer who let go of an offer from Aravind Srinivas, the Indian-origin CEO of the AI search engine Perplexity AI, recently took to X to share how much he regretted the decision.

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  Who Is Aravind Srinivas, CEO Who Has Challenged Elon Musk Over USAID

  Aravind Srinivas, the Indian-origin CEO of the AI search engine Perplexity AI, is not new to controversies. Recently, he challenged his Tesla counterpart Elon Musk to "stop" him if he can from raising a mammoth sum from the federal agency.