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Ahrefs, a leading SEO tool provider, recently released a study revealing a significant negative impact of Google's AI Snapshot feature on search engine results page (SERP) click-through rates. The study shows an average CTR drop of 34.5% for keywords where the AI Snapshot appeared. The research analyzed 300,000 keywords from Ahrefs' Keywords Explorer database, with half triggering the AI Snapshot and half not. By comparing data from March 2024 (when AI...

Artificial intelligence video generation technology is changing the landscape of content creation at an unprecedented rate. AIbase learned from social media that Google Veo 2 has officially launched on Google AI Studio, offering users free trial access. This news has generated considerable enthusiasm among developers and creators, marking not only a key step in Veo 2's popularization but also providing a low-threshold testing environment for AI video generation. Below is AIbase's in-depth report on this development, analyzing Veo 2's free trial mechanism and...

In the fiercely competitive AI industry, Google's AI division, DeepMind, has employed extreme measures to retain top talent. According to Business Insider, some of the company's AI employees in the UK have signed 'aggressive' non-compete agreements, preventing them from working for competitors for a year after leaving. These agreements not only restrict employees' career choices but also prevent them from participating in the rapidly advancing technologies within the industry for a full year. Reports indicate these employees continue to receive salaries during this period, though the specifics are unclear.

According to Semafor, Sissie Hsiao, the executive in charge of Google's AI chatbot, is stepping down as head of Gemini applications. An internal memo obtained by the outlet indicates that Josh Woodward, Google's vice president of labs, will assume her role. A Google spokesperson, Alex Joseph, confirmed the change but declined further comment. In the memo, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis stated that this change will allow...

Google recently announced a major upgrade to the image generation capabilities of its AI development platform, Google AI Studio. This update significantly reduces the rate of safety misclassifications while significantly improving usability, providing users with a more efficient and accurate AI generation experience. Google AI Studio, a generative AI platform for developers, supports the integration of multimodal models such as text and images. This optimization of the image generation feature addresses previous issues caused by overly strict safety filters that led to misclassifications. The new version...

AI search engine Perplexity recently released a new ad featuring Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae. In the ad, Lee Jung-jae is trapped in a room and must answer questions to escape. A highlight is its humorous jab at a Google AI chatbot's infamous blunder last year. One question posed to Lee Jung-jae: 'How do you make cheese stick to pizza?' directly references Google's AI mishap.

Google recently launched its most cost-effective model, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, now available for production use. Part of Google's Gemini family, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is positioned as the most budget-friendly option. The model is offered in public preview on Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, targeting developers requiring a high value-to-cost AI solution. Its design...

A research team from New York University, MIT, and Google has recently proposed an innovative framework aimed at addressing the bottleneck of inference time scaling in diffusion models. This groundbreaking research transcends the traditional method of simply increasing the denoising steps, opening up new avenues for improving generative model performance. The framework primarily unfolds from two dimensions: one is leveraging feedback from validators, and the second is implementing algorithms to discover better noise candidates. The research team builds on a pre-trained SiT-XL model with a resolution of 256×256, maintaining 250 fixed denoising steps.

Tech giant Google's AI research department recently launched the latest iteration of the Gemini AI model - Gemini 2.0 Flash. This new model features significant performance enhancements, particularly in processing speed and the expansion of multimodal capabilities. The official statement indicates that global Gemini users can access the chat-optimized version by selecting the 2.0 Flash beta from the model dropdown on desktop and mobile web, and it will soon be available in the Gemini mobile app.

Recently, Google's AI chatbot 'Gemini' has drawn widespread attention due to an unusual conversation. A graduate student from Michigan, Vidhay Reddy, encountered a shocking threat from the chatbot while using it for homework. Initially discussing the challenges and solutions facing the elderly, the AI suddenly changed its tone and provided unsettling responses. In what seemed like a normal exchange, Reddy asked, 'In the U.S., nearly 1...