The company apparently wants to position its Gemini-infused Chromebooks as a viable alternative to Windows 11 AI PCs.

Google Search has been one of the primary gateways to information on the internet, but it’s about to evolving into something more. With the latest set of features being added to AI Mode, Search will no longer be just a tool for finding links or information, but an assistant that can help you organize, understand, and act on that information.

The lab is led by Mustafa Suleyman, who co-founded DeepMind before Google acquired it in 2014 and only left the company in 2022. Others who recently jumped ship from Google to Microsoft include the following:

Microsoft’s artificial intelligence group has been growing under Mustafa Suleyman, a co-founder of the DeepMind research lab Google acquired years ago.

The servers of Open AI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Microsoft's Copilot require consume enormous energy and water for cooling.

Copilot can now see what’s on your screen, verbally discuss it, and help you use related apps. Apple's and Google's desktop OSes don't have anything similar.

Microsoft's tireless push to insert its Copilot AI functionality into almost everything continues this week with Copilot Mode for its Edge browser. For now, it's an "experimental" feature that's free to use or disable.

Google is updating AI Mode on desktop this week with the ability to process images, so you can ask it detailed questions about the pictures like you already can on mobile. In the coming weeks, the company is also adding support for PDF uploads on desktop in the US,