Google Explains How Chrome Secures Agentic AI Features With Human Oversight & Guardrails

As browsers begin taking actions on users’ behalf, Google is outlining how Chrome’s agentic AI features are being designed to prioritize security, transparency, and human control.

How BrowseSafe Detects Prompt Injection Threats in AI Browser Agents

AI browser agents now navigate the same cluttered, unpredictable webpages users do—making prompt-injection detection essential for protecting real online actions.

Perplexity Launches New AI Shopping Experience With Instant Checkout

Perplexity is introducing a new memory system that lets its Comet Assistant recall user preferences, interests, and past conversations to deliver far more accurate, personalized answers.

Perplexity Upgrades Comet Assistant With Smarter Web Actions & Multi-Tab Control

Four months after debuting Comet, Perplexity has launched a major upgrade that turns its popular AI assistant into a more capable, agentic partner across the web.

Google Expands AI Mode with Agentic Capabilities for Booking Events and Appointments

Google is turning Search into a true digital assistant. Its new agentic AI Mode can now find and book everything from concert tickets to hair appointments — completing multi-step tasks on your behalf.

Microsoft Launches Human-Centered Copilot Fall Release and AI Browser

Microsoft is reimagining artificial intelligence as a “human-centered companion,” launching a major Copilot update that embeds AI across Windows, Edge, and mobile to connect people, not just data.

Google Maps grounding now available in Gemini API

Google has officially launched Grounding with Google Maps in the Gemini API, giving developers the ability to connect AI reasoning with live, location-based data from over 250 million places around the world.

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Atlas: A Browser Built Around AI

OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Atlas, a new AI-powered browser that integrates ChatGPT directly into the web experience, reimagining how users search, learn, and complete tasks online.

Perplexity Launches Comet AI Browser for All Users, Free of Charge

Perplexity has made its highly anticipated Comet browser available to everyone, marking a major step toward an AI-first internet.

Google Expands AI Mode in Search With Visual Exploration and Shopping

Google has unveiled a major update to AI Mode in Search, enabling users to explore visually, shop conversationally, and refine results with images and natural language.

Chrome Launches AI-Powered Browsing with Gemini and Smarter Omnibox

Google Chrome introduces Gemini integration, AI Mode in the omnibox, and new safety features — signaling a major shift toward intelligent, context-aware browsing.

Google Admits the Open Web Is in ‘Rapid Decline’ Amid DOJ Case

Google’s courtroom admission that the open web is “already in rapid decline” stands in sharp contrast to its public claims that the ecosystem is thriving.

Perplexity Comet browser offers free trials via PayPal, Venmo, and students

Perplexity is expanding access to its Comet browser through new partnerships with PayPal, Venmo, and students worldwide.

Apple May Use Google Gemini to Power Siri’s New AI Search

Apple’s upcoming Siri upgrade could rely on Google’s Gemini AI to deliver web-based answers and multimodal summaries.

Google Expands AI Mode in Search With New Agentic Features

Google is adding agentic capabilities and personalized responses to AI Mode in Search, expanding its reach to more than 180 countries.

Google Launches Web Guide: AI-Organized Search Results Now in Labs

Google is testing a new way to browse the web, using AI to group search results by topic and intent.

Google’s AI Can Now Call Local Businesses for You

A new AI-powered option in Google Search can place phone calls to businesses on your behalf, check pricing and availability, and text you the results—no phone call required.

ChatGPT Referrals Surge, But News Sites Still Losing Search Traffic

News traffic from ChatGPT is rising, but Google’s AI Overviews are accelerating publisher losses.

YouTube adds AI-powered search carousel, expands conversational tool

Google launches Offerwall to help publishers earn amid AI-driven traffic loss

Google Launches Search Live: Voice Conversations with AI in Real Time

Dia Browser Reimagines Web Surfing with Built-In AI Assistant

Google Expands Ads to AI Mode and AI Overviews in Search

Google Unveils Major AI Search Upgrades at I/O 2025

Microsoft Unveils NLWeb to Power the Next Generation of the Web