Google has quietly — and decisively — converted Chrome from a passive window onto the web into an AI-powered browsing platform by embedding Gemini throughout the browser, adding a Gemini toolbar button, an AI Mode in the omnibox, and the groundwork for agentic automation that can act on users’...
Google has quietly turned the Chrome toolbar into a direct gateway for Gemini — rolling out what the company calls the “biggest upgrade in its history,” a sweeping set of AI features that embed Gemini natively into the browser, surface an AI Mode in the address bar, and promise future “agentic”...
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Microsoft Edge is quietly giving users more control over the AI-driven content that greets them on the New Tab Page: Edge Canary now includes dedicated Copilot Discover feed settings that let you tailor what appears in the Copilot-powered feed, from language and region to which channels and card...
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Microsoft is quietly testing a Copilot‑inspired theme in Edge Canary that recolors the browser frame whenever Copilot Mode is active—another sign that the company wants AI‑powered browsing to feel like a distinct, branded experience rather than just a sidebar add‑on. Early builds expose a new...
A recent hands‑on experiment that tried to replace Microsoft Copilot’s web‑page summarization with a fully local stack — Ollama running local models and the Page Assist browser sidebar — ended with a clear, practical verdict: Copilot still delivers the faster, more polished experience for...
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Microsoft Edge’s Copilot in Canary has started showing a new Smart (GPT‑5) option, and early sightings suggest Microsoft is quietly testing a model‑routing feature that automatically chooses when to give a short answer and when to escalate to GPT‑5’s deeper reasoning pathway. Early hands‑on...
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Microsoft's integration of OpenAI's forthcoming GPT-5 into its ecosystem marks a significant evolution in artificial intelligence applications across Windows 11, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Azure. This development introduces a new "Smart" chat mode within the Copilot AI assistant, designed to...
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