If you are tired of Google’s AI-powered search results leading you astray with poor information from bad sources, there is some good news. It turns out that if you include any expletives in your search query, Google will not return an AI Overview, as they are called, at the top of the results page.

When I was requested to use Google Chrome for a virtual interview, I decided to try out Bluedot, Chrome's artificial intelligence-powered AI meeting recorder and note taker, in hopes of getting some help along the way.

More recently, some Google users have noticed that appending the string "-ai" to a search (without quotes) seems to also turn off AI Overviews in the results. That method has worked in Ars' testing, as has appending practically any other text string after a minus sign at the end of a search, for some reason.

One of the hallmarks of the early days of 2025 is this rapid-fire news coming from the AI industry. Models are evolving, week after week. Companies are throwing enormous amounts of money at everything from hardware to specialized use cases. Some of the fruits of this labor are now coming out as consumer technology, too.

Google has confirmed it is deploying red team hacking bots to protect from ongoing Gemini AI prompt attacks—here’s what you need to know.

Google has quietly announced Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental, a flagship model, in a changelog for the company's Gemini chatbot app.

Apparently it uses the same underlying tech as Duplex, the feature that allows Google AI to make restaurant reservations, and will inform businesses that they’re speaking to AI. Google will also allow them to opt-out of AI calls if they want to stop receiving them.

Google is testing out a new tool that allows artificial intelligence to make calls to businesses to ask questions for you. “Ask for Me” is a feature that will get information on details such as pricing and service availability. However, for now, it’s only available for nail salons and auto shops, Google product lead Rose Yao said in a post on X.

Want to block Google's annoying Ask Gemini buttons? Hide Gemini is a Chrome extension that helps you do just that.

Google's AI-powered NotebookLM is a free, experimental AI notebook designed to be part note-taker, part collaborator, part data collector, and part librarian. It brings together all the text, notes, documents, and other research materials you need in one place.

YouTube is a top search alternative and success is shifting from from rankings to appearing in search snippets and answers, a survey finds.