Engadget: Google’s AI search results will now turn to Reddit for expert advice . “Google is updating AI Overviews and AI Mode, the AI-generated portions of its search engine, to highlight sources in new ways, and interestingly, more prominently feature first-hand accounts from social media, expert blogs and forums like Reddit.” Which you could learn to search yourself.

Search Engine Roundtable: Bing: 1 Billion Monthly Users Are Human, Not Agents. “Microsoft, during its earnings call last week, announced that Bing hit a huge milestone of 1 billion monthly active users. Krishna Madhavan from Microsoft later confirmed these ‘users’ do not include AI agents but are real actual humans.”

#developers I need an opinion. Arguably one big drawback for many regarding #localai is the training date knowledge gap. I understand not everyone needs web search. But also, some would like it. I am trying to find the most #private way to make that happen. I realize once we leave our sandbox we are "unprotected" but here is my idea..

#iOS #localai #privacy #llm #websearch #developmenthelp #Xcode #liquidglass (see reply)

TestingCatalog News (@testingcatalog)

TinyFish가 개발자와 AI 에이전트를 위해 웹 Search와 Fetch 기능을 무료로 공개하고, 넉넉한 사용 제한까지 제공한다고 발표했다. Search는 저지연 검색 응답을, Fetch는 브라우저 렌더링 결과를 정리된 Markdown이나 JSON으로 제공하며 Claude Code, Cursor 등과 연동된다.

https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/2051340910273696058

#tinyfish #websearch #agenttools #mcp #developers

Yahoo Finance: Alphabet stock rises on Q1 earnings beat, cloud growth. “Google parent Alphabet stock climbed higher Thursday after the company reported better-than-anticipated first quarter results after the bell on Wednesday and strong cloud growth.”

AshutoshShrivastava (@ai_for_success)

Tiny_Fish가 AI 에이전트용 웹 Search와 Fetch 기능을 모든 사용자에게 무료로 공개했고, 넉넉한 rate limit과 카드 없이 API 키 발급을 지원한다. Codex, Claude Code 등 다양한 에이전트와 잘 연동되며, 에이전트용 검색/가져오기 도구로 활용성이 높다.

https://x.com/ai_for_success/status/2051340988686520690

#aiagents #websearch #api #codex #claudecode

#SearchEngines #WebSearch #AskJeeves #SiteDeath

'Ask.com, originally founded as the Y2K stalwart Ask Jeeves, is officially dead.'

https://mashable.com/article/ask-jeeves-shut-down

Mashable: Ask.com shuts down after 30 years. “Ask.com, originally founded as the Y2K stalwart Ask Jeeves, is officially dead. ‘As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world’s questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026,’ the homepage now reads.”

Search Engine Land: Can a fake brand win in AI search? New experiment says yes. “We wanted to look beyond rankings and understand how AI systems discover, interpret, and cite information. So we expanded the project into a more ambitious set of experiments on AI search and LLM visibility. For the next phase, we created a new fictional brand in a real niche with real competition to see how […]

Search Engine Roundtable: Bing Ads Revenue Up 12% – 1 Billion Monthly Action Users Milestone. “Microsoft reported its third quarter 2026 earnings and it showed that its search and advertising revenue was up for 12% and that means its ad growth is growing again. The previous quarter it was up 10% before that, up 16% and the one before that was 21% and this quarter, it is only up 10%.”