Google’s AI Enhancements: A Year in Review
Google has been actively integrating AI features across its platforms over the past year. However, with each new release, it becomes increasingly evident that some of these updates might have benefited from more development time. The latest update has sparked both excitement and criticism. Read Reece’s story about how Google’s AI Overviews are evolving.
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6 Comments
Why bother with adapting when Google’s AI will just keep evolving anyway?
Isn’t it funny how we’re now trying to outsmart machines?
Why even try to adapt, they’ll keep changing it anyway!
Ever wonder if AI will just start writing our lives too?
Cobalt: Are we all just data points now?
Think it’ll ever understand our human touch fully?