Whether you embrace it or not, AI is shaping the future of Google Search. Google is bringing AI Mode to Google Search for every U.S. user, beginning today. Google launched AI Overviews a year ago, which aims to answer your question before showing the traditional list of links. AI Mode is the next step: from what Google has shown, the list of links will disappear entirely, replaced by tiny link icons that link back to the information Google is slurping up. Google’s Liz Reid, a Google vice president and head of Google Search, said that AI Overviews totals 1.5 billion users and will be expanded to over 200 countries. At the beginning of May, Google migrated AI Mode out of its Labs environment into a small subset of users in the real world and has apparently replaced the “I’m feeling lucky” button with an AI search button as well. It’s not clear whether AI Mode will be the default search for all U.S. users, or whether Google will allow users to express a preference or preserve the choices they’ve made before. Traditional search doesn’t look like it will go away, but it will be relegated to a different tab, in much the same way a search for “Images” requires you to shift to another search tab within Google. Reid said that it’s bringing AI Mode to AI overviews, too. “We use what we call a query fan-out technique,” Reid said, in describing how AI Mode works. “And this basically takes your question and it breaks it up into different subtopics, and then we search on each of those different search topics that allows us to go way deeper in the web and find that really hyper-relevant, incredibly specific content that might be great with you.” This what Google’s AI Mode has looked like within Google Labs.Foundry Google said that it’s upgrading the version of Gemini that powers its AI Mode to a more advanced version and bringing the technology to mobile, too. “Deep Search” will be more like the “Deep Research” mode in Gemini, where, behind the scenes, Gemini will issue dozens of separate searches and then aggregate the results. Google’s AI Mode may even generate custom graphs to present information from search and finance questions, Reid said. Agentic search is coming to AI Mode, too. What Google has previously known as “Project Mariner” can be used to research the cheapest seats for a specific game. AI Mode will then start digging through various shopping sites and point you to the cheapest seats. Finally, the Project Astra technology Google showed off last year is being added to Gemini Live so that it can “see” through your smartphone’s camera and then talk through any problems you might have. You can also add data from Gmail, Google Drive, etc. to affect your searches. “We’re going to be pulling all of that in,” Reid said. “You’re going to always be in control. So it’s your choice to opt in to doing this in the first place, but you can connect and disconnect it at any time going forward.” It’s impossible to entirely disconnect what Google is doing or how it will affect major media — meaning that it’s difficult to remain entirely objective. Put simply, Google’s AI overviews and AI Mode pass off third-party news, opinions, roundups, and data asGoogle’s own, links or not. Major publishers are beginning to sound alarm bells, and even Google itself is worried about losing money from Google Search ads. Will users click through to the sites where an AI Mode summary originates? Search data says no, though Google disagrees. Google’s AI Overviews in action. Links are either presented as tiny icons or buried at the very bottom of the summary.Google “What we’ve seen with AI overviews is that pages with AI overviews get higher quality clicks to websites,” Reid said. “And you might ask, what does that really mean? And what it means is people spend more time on those websites. They’re not going to those sites and immediately figuring out it’s not what they want and bouncing back. They’re really digging in to the content there, and that’s our goal with AI Mode as well.” Google seems like it’s being pressured by Wall Street, who seem to be wondering if Google will fall behind Anthropic and OpenAI, both of which use AI to replace traditional search results. Microsoft, too, has an AI-powered replacement for Bing Search waiting in the wings called Copilot Search. But Google remains the Web’s top search engine, and it apparently aims to stay that way. “The way you can think about that is AI mode is not just this AI-powered experience end to end, but it also is a glimpse of what’s to come in search overall,” Reid said. Great. #google #brings #aipowered #search #all

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Google showcases 'Beam' futuristic 3D video calling tech at I/O 2025 Aditya Tiwari Neowin @TheLazyAvenger · May 20, 2025 14:02 EDT Google has kicked off its annual developer conference, Google I/O 2025, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. One of the earliest announcements by the company's CEO, Sundar Pichai, is called Google Beam. Google Beam is a futuristic video calling technology that simulates a lifelike version of you and the person you are talking to. It uses six cameras to capture the person from different angles, then uses Google's AI models to generate their 3D self in real-time. This futuristic technology is a step up from Project Starline, which the search giant unveiled in the past. During the keynote, Pichai revealed that Google Beam can do near-perfect head tracking "down to the millimeter" at 60 frames per second, resulting in a much more natural and deeply immersive conversational experience. "We debuted Project Starline, our breakthrough 3D video technology at I/O a few years back. The goal was to create a feeling of being in the same room as someone, even if you were far apart. We have continued to make technical advances, and today, we are ready to announce our next chapter," Pichai said. "Introducing Google Beam, a new AI-first video communications platform. Beam uses a new state-of-the-art video model to transform 2D video streams into a realistic 3D experience. Behind the scenes, an array of six cameras captures you from different angles. And with AI, we can merge these different video streams together and render you on a 3D light-field display." Google joined hands with HP to launch the first Google Beam devices for early customers later this year. Pichai added that HP will share more details on the upcoming devices in the coming weeks. Project Starline was officially unveiled at Google I/O in 2021. Last year, Google said that Starline works like a 'magic window' and announced that it will partner with HP to make it commercially available in 2025, adding that it's also working to enable the video calling experience directly from services like Google Meet and Zoom. Tags Report a problem with article Follow @NeowinFeed #google #showcases #039beam039 #futuristic #video

Adobe will rebrand its Creative Cloud All Apps subscription to "Creative Cloud Pro" on June 17 for North American users, making significant price increases while bundling AI features. Individual annual subscribers will see monthly rates jump from to while monthly non-contracted subscribers face a hike to The revamped plan includes unlimited generative AI image credits, 4,000 monthly "premium" AI video and audio credits, access to third-party models like OpenAI's GPT, and the beta Firefly Boards collaborative whiteboard. Adobe will also offer a cheaper "Creative Cloud Standard" option at monthly with severely reduced AI capabilities, but this plan remains exclusive to existing subscribers -- forcing new customers into the pricier AI-focused tier. of this story at Slashdot. #adobe #forces #creative #cloud #users

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Tony's Chocolonely has unveiled a new look, partnering with Chuck Studios to launch a fresh culinary identity that puts the chocolate front and centre. The Dutch impact-led brand, known for its bright wrappers and mission to end exploitation in the cocoa supply chain, is now turning its focus to the product itself, giving its famously chunky bars the spotlight. Chuck Studios, whose client roster includes KFC, McDonald's and Knorr, were brought on to help strengthen Tony's brand distinction in an increasingly saturated category. Their approach started with a simple yet powerful insight: the most iconic thing about a Tony's bar is its unapologetic chunkiness. More than just a texture, the bar's chunky form and famously uneven pieces are a visual metaphor for inequality in the chocolate supply chain. Olaf van Gerwen, co-founder and global creative director at Chuck Studios says: "While Tony's Chocolonely's mission-led marketing built the platform it stands on today, it's the product that will truly set Tony's apart in the crowded chocolate industry." Central to this new culinary identity is the introduction of a new brand asset: 'Neil.' Named after Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon, Neil is a pair of bite-sized chocolate chunks that represent everything Tony's stands for. They're broken, not cut, thick, not flat, and always shown tilted, with crumbs and inclusions spilling out to evoke deliciousness and dynamism. According to Chuck Studios, consumers often instinctively snap off the same two chunks when opening a bar. By spotlighting these pieces and giving them character, the brand turns a common user behaviour into a memorable visual code. From now on, Neil will appear across all touchpoints as the edible emblem of Tony's. Chuck Studios also developed a detailed system of visual codes designed to boost memorability and ensure consistency across the entire product range. The first of these is the Golden Ratio. Bars should be shown two-thirds wrapped and one-third unwrapped, with torn edges and exposed foil to highlight texture and premium feel. Next is the Balancing Bar. Every bar should be displayed at a 66-degree angle, a detail drawn from Tony's existing visual identity. Then there's the Paper Background: chocolate bars must sit on real paper texture backgrounds, colour-matched to the bar's wrapper, or defaulting to Tony's signature red in group shots. Finally, Inclusions on Show: ingredients inside the bars should always be visible in the shot, with a mix of whole pieces, crumbs and chunks to showcase the bar's flavour and bite. These visual rules apply across Tony's growing product range, from its bestselling Milk Caramel Sea Salt to the US-market Everything Bar. The idea is to create a strong, sensory-first aesthetic that not only looks delicious but also feels unmistakably Tony's. Sadira Furlow, chief marketing officer at Tony's Chocolonely, explains: "As our voice in the cocoa space grows louder and our impact expands, we realised we hadn't yet fully captured the visual magic of our chocolate. We needed a visual language that matched our purpose and passion." The result is a brand identity that invites people to "taste with their eyes" – a move that cleverly balances Tony's ethical mission with indulgent appeal. For a brand that has always challenged the norms of what a chocolate company can be, it marks an important evolution: one that connects its purpose-driven DNA with product-led storytelling. Olaf adds: "Food and product depiction play a huge role in brand building. Developing a culinary identity creates a consistent and ownable representation of your food across touchpoints. In the case of Tony's, it was already a stand-out product on the shelves. "The new culinary identity shines a light on the deliciousness of their chocolate and shows it in a unique way, so it becomes recognisable even without the brand name." #tony039s #chocolonely #gets #tasty #new

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