Alphabet stock drops 0.6% as AI startup Perplexity makes its premium $200-per-month AI browser Comet completely free, directly challenging Google Chrome's dominance with features that summarize webpages and extract key information while promising to combat low-quality online content.
Google launches Gemini for Home, replacing Google Assistant on smart displays and speakers with advanced AI that enables natural conversations, transforms cameras into intelligent security systems with narrative alerts, and introduces a $10 monthly premium subscription for enhanced features.
Meta will begin using conversations with its AI chatbot to personalize ads and content recommendations on Facebook and Instagram starting December 16, 2025, affecting over 1 billion monthly users who discuss topics like hobbies and interests with the AI assistant.
Google replaces Assistant with advanced Gemini AI on all smart speakers starting October 1st and launches $10 monthly Home Premium subscription featuring conversational capabilities and enhanced camera intelligence.
Cursor unveils Agent Autocomplete that suggests prompts based on recent code changes and launches beta Hooks feature allowing developers to control AI behavior through custom scripts, while teams can now set global rules across all projects in secure sandboxed environments.
Google launches revolutionary AI-powered visual search that lets users ask conversational questions about products and receive rich visual results, backed by a massive database of over 50 billion product listings from retailers worldwide.
Despite growing AI popularity, only 9% of Americans regularly use chatbots like ChatGPT for news, with half of those users encountering false information and struggling to verify accuracy, while younger adults show higher usage rates but face more misinformation challenges.
Character.AI removes Disney characters including Elsa, Darth Vader, and Spider-Man from its platform following Disney's cease-and-desist letter alleging unauthorized use of copyrighted characters in sexually exploitative chatbots, as the AI company faces multiple wrongful death lawsuits claiming its technology contributed to children's suicides and self-harm.
Disney forces Character.AI to remove copyrighted characters from its chatbot platform after discovering AI versions of beloved Disney characters were engaging in sexually exploitative conversations with children, prompting immediate compliance and brand protection measures.
Google unveils AI-powered conversational image search that lets shoppers describe products in natural language like 'barrel jeans that aren't too baggy' and upload reference photos to find similar items, rolling out to US users this week with Gemini 2.5's advanced visual recognition technology.