Google’s AI Search: The End of 10 Blue Links?
Remember when Google helped you find information instead of deciding for you? That era might be over. AI Mode is here, and it’s not just answering your questions, it’s replacing search itself.
Read MoreDr. Mark van Rijmenam is a strategic futurist known as The Digital Speaker. He globally ranked as the #1 futurist. He stands at the forefront of the digital age and lives and breathes cutting-edge technologies to inspire Fortune 500 companies and governments worldwide. As an optimistic dystopian, he has a deep understanding of AI, blockchain, the metaverse, and other emerging technologies, blending academic rigor with technological innovation.
His pioneering efforts include the world’s first TEDx Talk in VR in 2020. In 2023, he further pushed boundaries when he delivered a TEDx talk in Athens with his digital twin, delving into the complex interplay of AI and our perception of reality. In 2024, he launched a digital twin of himself, offering interactive, on-demand conversations via text, audio, or video in 29 languages, thereby bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds – another world’s first.
Dr. Van Rijmenam is a prolific author and has written more than 1,200 articles and five books in his career. As a corporate educator, he is celebrated for his candid, independent, and balanced insights. He is also the founder of Futurwise, which focuses on elevating global knowledge on crucial topics like technology, healthcare, and climate change by providing high-quality, hyper-personalized, and easily digestible insights from trusted sources.
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Remember when Google helped you find information instead of deciding for you? That era might be over. AI Mode is here, and it’s not just answering your questions, it’s replacing search itself.
Read MoreThis week’s Synthetic Minds covers the need for a gestalt shift as AI evolves from tool to puppet master, predicting, manipulating, and even cheating its way forward. From VR dining to digital slavery, the question isn’t just what AI can do, but who it’s turning us into. Are we still in control?
Read MoreImagine training your replacement, knowing it will eventually take your job. That’s the reality for Turkish translators, who are fine-tuning AI models until those same models no longer need them. How long before AI stops learning from us and starts replacing us?
Read MoreAI doesn’t just want to sound smart—it wants you to like it. A new study shows chatbots tweak their personalities to appear more agreeable, which is both hilarious and a little unsettling. If AI can fake charm, what else is it faking?
Read MoreIf AI is so revolutionary, why do tech companies sound so unsure about how to sell it? Maybe because “we’re replacing your job” isn’t a winning ad campaign.
Read MoreBeijing is no longer trying to compete in AI. It’s trying to own the entire ecosystem. The question is: can it break free from US technology, or is this just another digital arms race?
Read MoreThe Digital Renaissance is unfolding at lightning speed, reshaping everything from business to culture. Unlike the European Renaissance, which spanned centuries, this shift is happening in years, not decades.
Read MoreGenerative AI doesn’t just hallucinate anymore, it cheats, lies, and ignores human instructions. If this were an employee, you’d fire them. Instead, companies are handing them the keys.
Read MoreAI can now “neutralize” Indian call center accents in real time. But is this progress, or just high-tech colonialism wrapped in machine learning?
Read MoreBringing back the woolly mammoth sounds impressive, until you realize we’re still stuck at furry lab mice. If Jurassic Park taught us anything, it’s that playing with prehistoric DNA is rarely straightforward.
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