Search, Entangled
Google ties Search to AI in schools, Canva cuts 22 percent of staff, and AMD posts a record quarter on data center demand.
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Google ties Search to AI for schools: those that disable its AI tools entirely will also lose student access to Search. After elected officials objected, Google said Search can be turned back on with AI Overviews, which keeps the choice fairly circular for schools that refuse.
Why it matters The policy shows how deeply AI is built into Google Search, leaving schools with little option to avoid it while keeping the search engine.
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Anthropic builds FlashProve to produce a cryptographic proof that one specific model generated one specific reply. The prototype, made with collaborators at EPFL, MIT and StarkWare, has been open-sourced for mixture-of-experts models.
Why it matters Verifiable proof of which model produced an answer could matter for trust in AI outputs as people rely on them more.
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ChatGPT search volume now equals roughly 20 percent of Google's, OpenAI says, a figure that suggests "Ask Chat" is increasingly standing in for Googling.
Why it matters If the figure holds, a meaningful share of web search is moving away from Google, which affects publishers and advertisers as well as the search giant.
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