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Be afraid: Google’s new AI assistant will remember your search history

The tech giant has unveiled updated artificial intelligence tools, including a feature that learns from your web browsing, while OpenAI says the US will lose to China if it can’t use copyrighted work.

Paul Smith

As Google tries to steer more users towards its artificial intelligence products, the tech giant has announced a new option that will send a chill down the spine of broad-minded web users everywhere: AI assistants that remember everything you have searched online to help answer your queries and make suggestions on your daily life.

It is becoming customary to wake up in Australia to a deluge of AI industry developments from overnight in the US, and on Friday morning we learnt of major moves by two of the biggest names, Google and OpenAI.

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Paul Smith edits the technology coverage and has been a leading writer on the sector for 20 years. He covers big tech, business use of tech, the fast-growing Australian tech industry and start-ups, telecommunications and national innovation policy. Connect with Paul on Twitter. Email Paul at psmith@afr.com

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