Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google launched its AI mode, but it is in beta and you need to be added to a waitlist… →
Google has officially announced Google AI Mode, after hearing rumors about it for months and then seeing leaked screenshots of it a few weeks ago. Google said AI mode gives you more advanced reasoning, thinking and multimodal capabilities so you can get help with even your toughest questions. →
In December, Google told us they are testing powering AI Overviews using Gemini 2.0. We think we even saw Google testing this in the wild with deeper AI Overviews with tons of links. Well, now, in the U.S. AI Overviews are officially powered by Gemini 2.0, it is no longer a test. →
Google is testing more favicon designs within Google Search. I mean, we cover these way too often but hey, I like favicons, don’t you? →
It looks like Microsoft is testing search ads that auto expand to reveal sitelinks under those ads within the Bing Search results. You don’t need to click or do anything and the ad will dynamically expand to show more sitelinks underneath the search ad unit. →
Don’t launch a new agency or any brand before listening to advice from someone who’s done it and even written a book about building brands that break barriers. →
Running large language models (LLMs) presents significant challenges due to their hardware demands, but numerous options exist to make these powerful tools accessible. Today’s landscape offers several approaches – from consuming models through APIs provided by major players like OpenAI and Anthropic, to deploying open-source alternatives via platforms such as Hugging Face and Ollama. Whether… →
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the need for accessible, efficient language models is increasingly evident. Traditional large-scale models have advanced natural language understanding and generation considerably, yet they often remain out of reach for many researchers and smaller organizations. High training costs, proprietary restrictions, and a lack of transparency can hinder innovation and limit… →
This paper was just accepted at CVPR 2025. In short, CASS is as an elegant solution to Object-Level Context in open-world segmentation. They outperform several training-free approaches and even surpasses some methods that rely on extra training. The gains are especially notable in challenging setups where objects have intricate sub-parts or classes have high visual… →
Neuroprosthetic devices have significantly advanced brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), enabling communication for individuals with speech or motor impairments due to conditions like anarthria, ALS, or severe paralysis. These devices decode neural activity patterns by implanting electrodes in motor regions, allowing users to form complete sentences. Early BCIs were limited to recognizing basic linguistic elements, but recent… →