Latest releases from the labs behind AI search
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How AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are reshaping organic search, citations and SEO strategy — plus a running log of major model releases.
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Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.
Read on TechCrunch AI →The new shopping tool is available in the U.S. across Google Search and the Gemini app.
Read on TechCrunch AI →Bing's AI Performance report adds a view that sorts cited queries into topics and lists queries where other sites are cited but your site isn't.
Measurement AI Search & Visibility
Read on SEJ — Generative AI →Learn more about our approach to safety and security for Gemini 4 Argon.
Read on Google Gemini →Google added Gemini 4 Argon to AI Mode for paid subscribers and opened the model to developers, enterprises, and the Gemini app.
Read on SEJ — Generative AI →Your AI visibility check was probably in English. However, new research across 1,650 responses shows AI recommends different brands in different languages.
Ranking & Algorithms International
Read on SEJ — Generative AI →Government health, research, and regulator sites climbed ChatGPT's U.S. citation ranks while explainers fell.
Read on SEJ — Generative AI →Recent tracking data found AI Overviews on most brand-name searches it checked.
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