Google is rolling out updates to Search and Discover that introduce AI-powered features, improved navigation, and a new option to collapse ads. While users can now hide sponsored results, the “Sponsored” label will remain visible as they scroll — making ads persistent even when collapsed.

Despite a strong day in the broader market, shares of Alphabet ( GOOG 0.02%)( GOOGL 0.02%) traded roughly 2.8% lower as of 12:59 p.m. ET today. The move came after ChatGPT's parent company, OpenAI, teased the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI) -powered web browser, ChatGPT Atlas.

Google is bringing Search Live to everyone in the US, letting you search for information by having a conversation with an AI assistant. When you use the feature, Search Live will respond to your questions in real-time, as well as surface relevant links from the web.

The ruling in the Google antitrust trial has led to a host of hard-to-answer questions about the future of Google's search data, which the tech giant must now share with competitors. What does that mean for users' data privacy?

British competition regulator will seek to better regulate Google search capabilities after the government unleashed new regulatory powers on the search giant.

The new Gemini Robotics 1.5 models enable robots to carry out multistep tasks and even learn from each other.

Google announced a major update to voice search that uses AI to make it faster and more accurate, calling it a new era.