Your Chrome searches could soon bypass Google Search entirely

In favor of AI Mode ...

Google Experiments With Sending Chrome Searches Straight To AI

Google seems to be testing a new feature that will take you to AI Mode by default when you do a search in Chrome.
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Google Chrome tests sending users straight to AI Mode instead of Search, but no plans to change [U]

Google is in the early days of testing a new behavior in Chrome that sends users straight to AI Mode, bypassing the standard Search experience. Spotted by Windows Report, Google is testing a new flag ...

Google could make AI Mode the default way to search in Chrome (Update: Google says 'no')

A new flag in Chrome Canary redirects searches made from the Chrome address bar directly to AI Mode, bypassing Google Search ...

Google’s new Gemma 4 12B model is designed to run on any laptop with 16GB of RAM

The company has announced the release of a new Gemma 4 model that fills a gap in the lineup that launched earlier this year.

Google's new open source Gemma 4 12B analyzes audio, video — and runs entirely locally on a typical 16GB enterprise laptop

For enterprise leaders aiming to decentralize their AI workloads, Gemma 4 12B offers a rare combination of edge-friendly ...

Will Google release millions of bacteria-infested mosquitoes into US states? What we know

The technology company's proposal for mosquito population control isn't quite as dramatic as it sounds.
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Semantic-Aware Informative Path Planning for Efficient Object Search Using Mobile Robot

Abstract: In this article, a novel informative path planning (IPP) framework is proposed for efficient robotic object search. We innovatively reformulate the object search into an IPP problem, which ...