Google has outlined its approach to agentic commerce, a shopping model where AI systems assist users from discovery through purchase. The strategy was presented by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, who described the shift as a platform-level transition for retail driven by conversational AI. Continue reading “Google expands agentic commerce with UCP, AI agents, and native checkout”
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using online content from web publishers and YouTube creators for artificial intelligence (AI) purposes without fair compensation or adequate choice. The probe focuses on whether Google imposed unfair terms, limited rivals’ access to essential data, or used its dominant position to strengthen its own AI services. Continue reading “EU launches formal antitrust case into Google’s AI content practices”
Google has announced the rollout of Gemini 2.5 Pro in AI Mode, exclusively for AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, who can choose this model from a drop-down menu in Search. Gemini 2.5 Pro excels in advanced reasoning, math, and coding, offering detailed and accurate responses for complex queries. Continue reading “Google expands AI Mode with Gemini 2.5 Pro, Deep Search, and Agentic AI calling”
Google on Monday announced a broader rollout of its AI Mode to millions more Labs users in the U.S., following strong early feedback. The company also introduced multimodal search within AI Mode, expanding on the feature first launched last month. Continue reading “Google rolls out AI Mode to more users with multimodal search”
Google has introduced two major updates to improve its search experience: a Gemini 2.0 upgrade for AI Overviews and a new experimental feature called AI Mode. Continue reading “Google expands AI Overviews with Gemini 2.0, adds experimental AI Mode to Labs”
