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Even in the age of AI-poweredautonomouscyberattacks, the crude, tried and tested hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing things they shouldn’t are still producing great results. 

Over a year ago, Google told us that Gemini would be replacing the Google Assistant. Well, we finally have an official date for when Gemini will replace Google Assistant on mobile devices such as Android and Wear OS. The date is September 4, 2026.

For readers tracking how AI heavyweights are reshaping the software stack, the broader build out of underlying AI infrastructure is also worth a closer look through 56 AI infrastructure stocks

Google has published a new help document explaining how its experimental Deal Ends annotation works, giving retailers new insight into how limited-time sale badges can appear on Product Listing Ads and what it takes to qualify.

Google wants its AI to code better. It may have found a shortcut, and it runs through a startup of about 35 people.

Yes, I reported Google Search ranking volatility over this past weekend, but I am seeing a large increase in the chatter within the SEO community over the past 24 hours or so. The chatter seems consistent with a big Google Search algorithm update that is underway but at this point, Google has not yet confirmed…

While the Google Search Console generative AI performance reports do not share query data, you can still try to figure out which queries are from AI Mode versus normal searches. The SEO community has been doing this for years now by looking for more conversational-style queries in your Search Console performance reports.

Google is in discussions for a $1.5 -billion-plus deal to license technology and acquire key engineering talent from AI coding startup Mechanize.

Google LLC is reportedly in discussions with an artificial intelligence coding startup called Mechanize Inc. over a deal that would see it license some of its technology and hire a number of its most talented employees. Business Insider was the first to report the discussions, citing information from four people familiar with the conversations.

Google appears to be testing a new Search ads format that adds clickable, keyword-rich hyperlinks within ad descriptions, potentially giving users another way to engage with sponsored listings.