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Year2023

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AI Chatbots Recommend Malicious Sites in New Cryptojacking Campaign Targeting High-End GPUs

Microsoft has uncovered a cryptojacking campaign where AI chatbots unknowingly direct users to malicious download sites. Threat actors manipulate AI recommendations to deliver GPU mining malware disguised as legitimate utilities like CrystalDiskInfo and HWMonitor. The attack establishes persistent remote access via ScreenConnect, enabling data theft and potential ransomware deployment.

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AI Chatbots Recommend Malicious Sites in New Cryptojacking Campaign Targeting High-End GPUs

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Google Search adds Preferred Sources to AI Overviews, introduces article carousels

Google is expanding its Preferred Sources feature to AI Overviews and AI Mode, allowing users to identify trusted websites within AI-generated search results. The company is also introducing new article carousels for developing topics and online discussions, plus expanded Highly Cited labels to help users discover original reporting and influential coverage across its Search platform.

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Google Search adds Preferred Sources to AI Overviews, introduces article carousels

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Google AI Overview spelling errors go viral as users expose persistent flaws in search overhaul

Google's AI Overview continues to fail basic spelling tests, two years after initially going viral for the same issue. Social media users are now systematically testing the technology's weaknesses, revealing fundamental problems with how large language models process individual letters through tokenisation. The timing couldn't be worse, as Google just announced a controversial search overhaul expanding AI integration.

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Google AI Overview spelling errors go viral as users expose persistent flaws in search overhaul

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Roku launches biggest home screen update in a decade with AI-powered app organization

Roku unveiled its most significant home screen redesign in over ten years, rolling out automatically to all US devices starting today. The update introduces AI-powered features including Quick Access for app organization, Top Picks for You, and Your Daily Scoop for trending content. The redesign maintains the familiar three-column layout while shifting priorities toward personalized content discovery.

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Roku launches biggest home screen update in a decade with AI-powered app organization

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DuckDuckGo installs surge 30% as users reject being 'force-fed' Google's AI Search overhaul

DuckDuckGo experienced a dramatic spike in app installs following Google I/O, where the tech giant announced its AI-powered search overhaul. U.S. installs peaked at 30.5% on May 25, with iOS growth hitting 69.9%. The privacy-focused search engine offers users an AI-free alternative, positioning itself as the choice for those seeking user control over their search experience.

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DuckDuckGo installs surge 30% as users reject being 'force-fed' Google's AI Search overhaul

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Peec AI doubles revenue to $10M helping brands show up in ChatGPT and AI search results

Berlin-based startup Peec AI crossed $10 million in annualized revenue just six months after raising a $21 million Series A, more than doubling from $4 million ARR. The company helps brands track and improve visibility in AI search results across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity through generative engine optimization (GEO) dashboards that mirror traditional SEO tools but for conversational AI platforms.

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Peec AI doubles revenue to $10M helping brands show up in ChatGPT and AI search results

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Google AI Overviews can't define words like disregard as search engine confuses queries with commands

Google's AI-driven search experience is struggling with basic dictionary functions after recent updates. Searching for words like disregard, ignore, or stop now triggers AI Overviews to respond as if users are issuing commands to a chatbot rather than looking up definitions. The bug affects multiple action-related terms and has persisted for over a week, highlighting challenges in Google's transition from traditional search to an AI-powered assistant.

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Google AI Overviews can't define words like disregard as search engine confuses queries with commands

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Google AI search breaks when users type 'disregard' as AI Overviews misinterpret commands

Google's newly redesigned AI-powered search experience hit a snag when users discovered that searching for words like 'disregard' causes AI Overviews to malfunction. Instead of displaying helpful information, the AI interprets these terms as system commands, responding with chatbot-style acknowledgments and leaving users with blank space. Google confirmed it's working on a fix for the glitch.

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Google AI search breaks when users type 'disregard' as AI Overviews misinterpret commands

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Google AI Search officially replaces traditional web search with Gemini-powered conversations

Google announced at I/O 2026 that its iconic search box is becoming fundamentally different. The company is merging AI-powered search with traditional web results, introducing conversational AI agents and a redesigned search box that expands dynamically. Over 1 billion people now use AI Mode monthly, with queries doubling every quarter, as Google pushes users away from the famous 10 blue links toward Gemini-powered summaries and interactive widgets.

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Google AI Search officially replaces traditional web search with Gemini-powered conversations

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Meta quietly launches Forum, a Reddit-like app that brings Facebook Groups and AI together

Meta has released Forum, a standalone application for Facebook Groups that functions like Reddit. The iPhone app features an AI-powered Ask tab that compiles answers from group discussions, plus an AI assistant for group administrators to handle content moderation. The launch signals Meta's broader push to release more apps using AI-driven efficiencies.

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Meta quietly launches Forum, a Reddit-like app that brings Facebook Groups and AI together

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Spotify rolls out AI features for podcasts, letting users generate content and ask questions

Spotify announced a wave of AI features at its investor day, including AI-powered Q&A for podcast episodes and tools to generate personalized podcasts from prompts. Premium subscribers in the US can now create daily briefings and topic explainers, while the company also released Studio by Spotify Labs for desktop. The moves signal Spotify's shift from a consumption platform to a generative audio experience, though critics warn the expanding feature set may dilute what made the app essential.

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Spotify rolls out AI features for podcasts, letting users generate content and ask questions

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DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts AGI by 2030 as Google unveils its Einstein Test

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis declared at I/O 2026 that Artificial General Intelligence will arrive around 2030, plus or minus a year. He introduced the Einstein Test as the benchmark: train AI on physics up to 1901, then see if it can replicate Einstein's groundbreaking 1905 discoveries. As Google invests $180 billion in AI infrastructure, Hassabis warns that society needs to prepare for what he calls "10 times the impact of the industrial revolution, and 10 times faster."

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DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts AGI by 2030 as Google unveils its Einstein Test

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Google I/O 2026 marks Alphabet's shift from AI laggard to leader with Gemini reaching 900M users

Alphabet unveiled major AI updates at Google I/O 2026, demonstrating what BofA Securities calls an accelerating velocity of AI innovation. With Gemini reaching 900 million monthly active users and AI Overviews serving 2.5 billion users, the company is successfully transitioning from perceived laggard to leader in consumer AI adoption.

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Google I/O 2026 marks Alphabet's shift from AI laggard to leader with Gemini reaching 900M users

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Exa raises $250M at $2.2B valuation to build search engine for AI agents, not humans

Exa has raised $250 million in Series C funding led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $2.2 billion valuation. The startup builds AI-powered search infrastructure specifically optimized for AI agents rather than human users, serving over 400,000 developers and 5,000 companies including Cursor, Cognition, and HubSpot.

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Exa raises $250M at $2.2B valuation to build search engine for AI agents, not humans

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Klarna plugs merchant network into ChatGPT with live prices for 100 million products

Klarna has launched a shopping app within ChatGPT that connects users to live prices and availability for over 100 million products across 400 million merchant listings. The move comes as AI platform traffic to retail sites surged nearly 700% during the 2025 holiday season, with shoppers converting at 31% higher rates than traditional channels.

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Klarna plugs merchant network into ChatGPT with live prices for 100 million products

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