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OpenAI wants to pause AI training when safety alarms go unanswered
OpenAI proposes safety cases for frontier AI training in model misalignment that cover alignment training, containment and monitoring.
Google wants users to see if they can spot a scam before it happens
Google is promoting its Be Scam Ready game on the Search homepage, giving users a chance to test their ability to spot scams through…
Google removes useful EU search features, then asks Europeans to blame Brussels
Nick Fox says European Search has lost price checks and hotel-date filters. Google’s own documentation shows comparison sites can still display richer results.
Best image search engines: I tested 10 on real publishing jobs
For this guide, I tested 10 image search platforms on the same real-world jobs. I wasn’t interested in which one advertised the most features.…
Adobe expects AI shopping referrals to more than double this holiday season
Adobe forecasts AI-referred traffic to US retail sites will grow 130% this holiday season, but says the channel remains modest in overall volume.
Manus 2.0 launches video editing, and I tested it on a 30-second ad
Manus 2.0 adds video editing and event-triggered automations, alongside a new agent architecture and persistent cloud computing.
5 Wayback Machine alternatives for finding and saving web pages
Where to search for a deleted page, how to preserve one that is still online, and why Archive.today is off our shortlist.
Meta hires MongoDB’s CEO to sell you AI alongside the ads
CJ Desai will lead Meta Enterprise Platform as the company expands from helping businesses reach customers into supplying the AI tools they use to…
Google may bin your Business Profile post over a phone number
Updated guidance covers unverified emails and social handles, while giving phone numbers a conditional route into posts.
Gemini gets Photoshop tools without asking you to upgrade
Adobe is bringing photo editing and design tools into Google’s chatbot. Its help page specifies English-only support and an Adobe account requirement.
Claude’s growth comes with a $7.3 billion computing bill
Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals the rising cost of building and running Claude, with $4.6 billion in 2025 revenue alongside a $42 billion net loss…
Claude hits 950 million monthly visits, with barely any paid traffic
Nearly 98% of search clicks to Claude came from branded terms, according to Similarweb’s analysis through August.
Bing tests new format highlighting top ad and organic results
Bing is testing a combined logo display below the search bar, showing the top-ranking ad alongside the top two organic results for a keyword.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 promises lower AI bills without a price cut
Anthropic says Claude Sonnet 5.5 is faster and more token-efficient. I tested it against Sonnet 5 on the same marketing task to see what…
Bing tests Recommended products heading in organic results
Bing is testing a 'Recommended products' heading above product grids in organic results, a labeling change that could help boost CTR.
Google Merchant Center adds new mileage_allowance sub-attribute for German vehicle listings
Google Merchant Center now supports a 'mileage_allowance' sub-attribute for German vehicle listings, letting merchants specify lease or financing mileage limits directly in their feed.
Google AI Mode now showing more blog carousels
Google AI Mode is showing more blog carousels than before, giving websites that publish articles regularly another way to earn visibility inside AI Mode…
Google tests AI price-check buttons in Local Results Pack
Google is testing 'Have AI get prices' and 'Have AI check prices' buttons within its Local Results Pack, spotted separately on desktop and mobile.
Google unveils a faster way to power query fan-out
Its R4T framework generates multiple retrieval directions together, with researchers reporting a 12-to-20-fold speed improvement in tests.
OpenAI launches dots, AI agents that keep working after you log off
The agents get their own cloud computers, but Pro subscribers in the UK, EEA and Switzerland are excluded from the initial rollout.