Microsoft's Free AI Just Beat OpenAI and Google at Browsing the Web

Google's AI-driven search personalization could disrupt web traffic dynamics, challenging traditional ad revenue models and content visibility. The post Google to enhance search with AI-powered personalized answers appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

You can now disco ball-ify your entire Pixel homescreen, says Google.

Harbor Capital is trying to slice the AI boom into lab-branded trades, filing for a suite of active “Lab ETFs” tied to Anthropic, DeepMind, Meta, OpenAI and xAI ecosystems. Harbor Capital has filed for five actively managed “Lab ETFs” that…

Google's AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. As of this writing, if you search for the term "disregard," instead of showing the usual AI-generated summary of search results, the AI Overview section instead includes a response like what you'd see from a more traditional AI chatbot, as called out by a post on X. To one Verge colleague searching "disregard": Got it! Let me know if you need help with anything else. Nothing else followed in the AI Overview portion of the results page. To me, initially: No problem at all! How can I help you today? I searched for "disregard" again later and got another response … Read the full story at The Verge.

Microsoft is testing the addition of agentic AI to its corporate browser, Edge for Business. A new version, currently available in a limited preview, will help perform routine tasks more efficiently, according to Microsoft’s partner product manager for Edge, Lindsay Kubasik. Agentic AI will help with completing multi-step tasks such as filling in forms, navigating sites, or gathering information from different tabs, all using enterprise-managed tools, the company said. And a new tab page will pull together calendar entries, files and Copilot prompts, reducing the need to switch between tools, it said. A key feature of the new browser version will be its ability to protect corporate data. Enterprises will be able to block the use of copy and paste, and all AI prompts and responses will stay within their Microsoft 365 tenant and will not be used to train models, the company said. They will also be able to audit prompts and block sensitive uploads. The protections will apply as soon as us

Google used I/O 2026 to unveil an ambitious suite of AI agents — including Gemini Spark for personal task management, information agents replacing Google Alerts, a Daily Brief digest drawn from Gmail and Calendar, and an increasingly agentic Chrome browser. The announcements represented a genuine leap in agentic AI capability, but access to most features is restricted […]

Google demoed prototype Android XR glasses that overlay Gemini-powered translation, navigation, and other information directly into your field of view.

Microsoft and EY will spend $1 billion on helping their customers adopt AI over the next five years. The billion will support assisting clients with pioneering AI projects and capability building, said EY’s global Microsoft alliance leader, Paul Clark. Clients will be able to access those resources based on their specific needs, he said. “We’re intentionally building the EY forward deployed engineer (FDE) capability through close collaboration and training with Microsoft, while maintaining integrated EY-Microsoft teams in the field,” he said in an email. “Clients will continue to experience this as one combined team, bringing together engineering depth and transformation expertise.” EY has acted as “client zero” in this initiative, embedding AI in all facets of its organization while it validated ways of working with Microsoft’s technologies. After an initial trial of Microsoft Copilot with 150,000 users, it is now rolling it out through Microsoft 365 E7 to all 400,000 staff. Its combi