So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday’s Internet

The pioneering search engine shut down on May 1, after nearly 30 years in operation. By Ali Watkins In the digital wilds of ...
MIT Technology Review

The Download: how AI is changing internet search, and the future of privacy in the US

Plus: the US has recorded its first human death from bird flu This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.
Courthouse News Service

Landmark remedy trial over Google's internet search monopoly opens

Google co-founders Sergey Brin, left, and Larry Page pose at company headquarters Jan.15, 2004, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File) WASHINGTON (CN) — Google faces a major breakup as ...
SiliconANGLE

Anthropic jumps into internet search, increasing pressure on Google

The generative artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC is joining rivals such as OpenAI and Perplexity AI Inc. in an effort to overhaul the internet search industry. Today it announced the ...
Nature

Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says

Adrian Ward had been driving confidently around Austin, Texas, for nine years — until last November, when he started getting lost. Ward’s phone had been acting up, and Apple Maps had stopped working.