Tech’s latest craze

When OpenAI released ChatGPT, the AI chatbot looked like the first major threat in decades to Google. Google executives vowed a fast response to protect their $162 billion franchise and said AI would be woven throughout its products, from the search engine to email.

At its annual conference in Mountain View, California, US, the company demonstrated some of what it has been working on. Google said its search engine will begin incorporating responses generated by AI at the top of query results pages and allow users to ask follow-up questions.

Google was a pioneer in the technology but had been reluctant to do too much with AI because it comes with risks, like spreading false information.