Google will reportedly release new AI powered search tools next month
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Illustration: The Verge Google will release new AI-powered search tools next month, with even more features coming in the fall, reports The New York Times.
The new features will be available exclusively in the US, and will be released initially to a maximum of one million users, says the NYT. It's not clear exactly what the tools will offer, but they will likely build on the conversational promise of Google's experimental Bard chatbot. They're being developed under the codename Magi."
The plans are part of Google's efforts to meet the threat posed by new systems like Microsoft's Bing chatbot and OpenAI's ChatGPT. Many think these chatbots could one day replace traditional search engines like Google - despite their failings.
According to the NYT, Google's...