For the first time in a generation, its monopoly is under threat. After two years of false starts, the company is trying to regain the initiative

Not to be outdone by its AI rivals, Google's I/O developer conference, which runs from May 20-21, is showcasing the future of Gemini and how that AI will fit into your everyday life. PCMag is on the ground in Mountain View, bringing you all the latest news.

Google's Veo 3 image generator has taken the internet by storm, producing ultra-realistic AI videos from scratch. Here are the best examples.

The new tool is one of the first to generate video clips with synchronized audio. Here's why that's a big deal.

Google's newest AI video generator, Veo 3, generates clips that most users online can't seem to distinguish from those made by human filmmakers and actors. Why it matters: Veo 3 videos shared online are amazing viewers with their realism — and also terrifying them with a sense that real and fake have become hopelessly blurred.

Media reporting shows that Google began testing this feature in March, after AI Overviews has been active on the site for over a year. AI Overviews was said to have 1.5 billion users a year ago, so it’s likely that AI Mode will have quite a few people taking the model’s responses, rather than clicking through hyperlinks.

A new tab is coming to your Google Search bar, and it's going to feel a lot more like an AI chatbot than a traditional search engine. Google started testing AI Mode earlier this year and announced at Tuesday's I/O developers conference that the feature will roll out to everyone in the US in the coming weeks.