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Google started testing AI-summarized results in Google Search, AI Overviews, two years ago, and continues to expand the feature to new regions and languages. By the company’s estimation, it’s been a big success. AI Overviews is now used by more than 1.5 billion users monthly across over 100 countries. AI Overviews compiles results from around the web to answer certain questions. When you search for something like “What is generative AI?” AI Overviews will show AI-generated text at the top of the Google Search results page. While the feature has dampened traffic to some publishers, Google sees it and other…

It’s feeling a lot like Groundhog Day for Google, which once again finds itself in court over its dominance in search and ads. The tech giant already lost one big antitrust case and is now facing another, but the latest trial comes with some twists, including OpenAI exec Nick Turley testifying this week that his company would be interested in buying Chrome if it were for sale (which it’s not). Meanwhile, Meta’s antitrust reckoning is also heating up, with regulators asking whether past acquisitions like Instagram and WhatsApp snuffed out competition before it even had a chance to thrive. Today,…

When it comes to cryptocurrency, one name stands out above the crowd: Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). The original cryptocurrency accounts for roughly 63% of the entire crypto market cap. However, Bitcoin is so big that it doesn’t always produce the best returns. More recently, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has gotten a lot of attention as regulatory pressure eases on the company, and its utility has gotten a major boost from several advancements from Ripple. Meanwhile, Ether (CRYPTO: ETH) is often seen as the backbone of DeFi, with its smart contract blockchain doing most of the heavy lifting in the industry. Where to…

Kai Chen, a Canadian AI researcher working at OpenAI who’s lived in the U.S. for 12 years, was denied a green card, according to Noam Brown, a leading research scientist at the company. In a post on X, Brown said that Chen learned of the decision Friday and must soon leave the country. “It’s deeply concerning that one of the best AI researchers I’ve worked with […] was denied a U.S. green card,” wrote Brown. “A Canadian who’s lived and contributed here for 12 years now has to leave. We’re risking America’s AI leadership when we turn away talent like…

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) hit a value of more than $100,000 last year, for the first time ever. Did the fourth Bitcoin halving event prove to be a positive catalyst for the cryptocurrency and its valuation? Or has its rapid rise in value had more to do with other factors? Bitcoin’s big selling point is its scarcity. And every four years, the rewards of Bitcoin mining are halved. It’s bad news for miners, but it slows the rate at which new tokens enter circulation, thereby helping maintain Bitcoin’s scarcity. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they…

Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty ImagesOKLAHOMA CITY — Amazon and Nvidia told a room of oil and gas executives this week that all options are on the table to power artificial intelligence including fossil fuels such as natural gas.The tech and energy industries gathered in Oklahoma City at the Hamm Institute for American Energy to discuss how the U.S. can meet the growing energy needs for AI data centers. The Big Tech companies have invested mostly in renewable power in an effort to slash their carbon dioxide emissions, but they are now navigating a changed political environment. President Donald Trump…

TikTok’s grip on the short-form video market is tightening, and the world’s biggest tech platforms are racing to catch up.Since launching globally in 2016, ByteDance-owned TikTok has amassed over 1.12 billion monthly active users worldwide, according to Backlinko. American users spend an average of 108 minutes per day on the app, according to Apptoptia.TikTok’s success has reshaped the social media landscape, forcing competitors like Meta and Google to pivot their strategies around short-form video. But so far, experts say that none have matched TikTok’s algorithmic precision.”It is the center of the internet for young people,” said Jasmine Enberg, vice president…

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week confirmed that deals can still happen in a troubled world, but price considerations and adjustments are now part of the picture. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Ather Energy Uncertain times are rarely good for M&As, which raises fears that tariff turmoil may have compromised the startup exit outlook for 2025. But don’t expect a total deal drought — as confirmed by this week’s news. Price conscious: Anysphere,…

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-video model Sora. OpenAI also faced its share of internal drama, including the notable exits of high-level execs like co-founder and longtime chief…

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is the world’s largest cryptocurrency. It has a market capitalization of $1.8 trillion as of this writing, representing more than half of the total value of all coins and tokens in circulation across the industry, which currently stands at $2.9 trillion. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) co-founder Michael Saylor thinks there is still substantial upside ahead, because he predicts Bitcoin will reshape the entire financial system thanks to its decentralized nature, its capped supply, and its secure system of record called the blockchain. According to his forecast, Bitcoin could skyrocket by 13,800% by 2045, to reach $13 million per…