Google is reportedly showing ads in chats with some third-party AI chatbots
Google's AdSense advertising network started supporting ads inside users' chats with some third-party AI chatbots earlier this year, Bloomberg reported.
The company is rolling out the feature following tests with AI search startups iAsk and Liner, the report said, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.
'AdSense for Search is available for websites that want to show relevant ads in their conversational AI experiences,' Bloomberg cited a Google spokesperson as saying.
The search and advertising giant is ostensibly seeking to capitalize on — and offset the potential threat of — the burgeoning trend of users increasingly using AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Perplexity to search the web and answer common queries.
Google has invested heavily in AI tools and products, with a slate of large language models and frequent updates to its Gemini AI apps and models. The company late last year started showing ads in AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries it supplies for certain Search queries.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This article originally appeared on TechCrunch at https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/google-is-reportedly-showing-ads-in-chats-with-some-third-party-ai-chatbots/
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
25 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Google and DOJ to make final push in US search antitrust case
By Jody Godoy WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google and U.S. antitrust enforcers will make their final arguments on whether the tech giant should be forced to sell its Chrome browser or adopt other measures to restore competition in online search, as the blockbuster antitrust trial concludes on Friday. The U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of states are pressing to make Google not only sell Chrome, but also share search data and cease multibillion-dollar payments to Apple and other smartphone makers and wireless carriers that set Google as the default search engine on new devices. The proposals aim to restore competition after a judge found last year that Google illegally dominates the online search and related advertising markets. Artificial intelligence companies could get a boost after already rattling Google's status as the go-to tool to find information online. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta is overseeing the trial, which began in April. He has said he aims to rule on the proposals by August. If the judge does require Google to sell off Chrome, OpenAI would be interested in buying it, Nick Turley, OpenAI's product head for ChatGPT, said at the trial. OpenAI would also benefit from access to Google's search data, which would help it make responses to user inquiries more accurate and up to date, Turley said. Google says the proposals go far beyond what is legally justified by the court's ruling, and would give away its technology to competitors. The company has already begun loosening agreements with smartphone makers including Samsung Electronics to allow them to load rival search and AI products. The DOJ wants the judge to go farther, banning Google from making lucrative payments in exchange for installation of its search app. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
25 minutes ago
- Yahoo
S&P 500's Banner Month Faces Off With June's Lackluster Record
(Bloomberg) -- A frenzied May rally has equity analysts bracing for an end to the run in what has historically been one of the weakest months for S&P 500 Index returns. NYC Congestion Toll Brings In $216 Million in First Four Months Now With Colorful Blocks, Tirana's Pyramid Represents a Changing Albania The Economic Benefits of Paying Workers to Move NY Wins Order Against US Funding Freeze in Congestion Fight Why Arid Cities Should Stick Together The prospect of renewed trade-war concerns, uncertainty over the path of Federal Reserve policy and quarter-end portfolio rebalancing all risk rattling the market after the S&P 500 soared 6.2% this month through Thursday, putting it on track for the biggest May gain since 1990. The blistering rally, propelled by a reprieve from President Donald Trump's tariff offensive, has left the benchmark within 4% of its February record. 'Traders have become too desensitized to the tariff shock-and-awe strategy by Trump,' said Jeffrey Hirsch, editor of the Stock Trader's Almanac, who correctly forecast the recovery after the 2008 global financial crisis. 'After this massive rally, stocks will likely hit a bumpy stretch in the coming weeks on risks that this administration may try to implement more dramatic trade policies.' Pricey valuations, muted demand for hedges and stretched investor positioning have left stocks vulnerable to a pullback, according to Hirsch. That may lead to weaker returns in June. The S&P 500 has risen just 0.2% on average in June over the past three decades, compared with a 0.8% move in the other 11 months of the year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Fault lines are already forming after a Thursday rally mostly stalled out as solid results from Nvidia Corp. were overshadowed by uncertainties on Trump's levies. Tests Ahead The first test of the market's resolve will be the Fed's interest-rate decision on June 18. Two days later comes 'triple witching' — when a large swath of equity-tied options expire, amplifying volatility — and the end of the month brings quarterly portfolio rebalancing. Those are the critical milestones that will determine if bulls can keep driving stocks higher with the S&P 500 edging toward 6,000, a key psychological threshold. History doesn't bode well for stocks in the months ahead. In post-US presidential election years over the past seven decades, the S&P 500 has typically struggled in early June as investors book profits heading into the summer months, which is particularly the case if stocks get a strong boost in May, like this year, according to Hirsch. 'Sell in May' The adage 'sell in May and go away' alludes to a six-month stretch ending in October that historically has been the worst time to own stocks. Since the early 1970s, the S&P 500 has had a mediocre stretch from Memorial Day through Labor Day, averaging a gain of just 1.8%, Hirsch says. Still, in recent memory, the S&P 500 has suffered losses in June just once in the past decade, data compiled by Bloomberg show. This time though, fund managers have reduced cash holdings and invested heavily in US stocks in recent weeks. That bullish tilt raises questions over who's left to buy after fund managers piled into stocks at a furious pace in May. Commodity trading advisers, or CTAs, which typically buy stocks as index prices rise and sell when they decline, turned net long on equities last week for the first time since early March after the S&P 500 broke above 5,800, according to UBS Group AG. But CTAs will be only moderate buyers in the coming weeks if the S&P 500 doesn't top 6,000 soon, says Maxwell Grinacoff, an equity derivatives strategist at the bank. 'CTA positioning remains skewed to the downside,' Grinacoff said by phone. 'If the market rally unwinds soon, those trend followers will be forced to turn net short on stocks. That would inevitably push shares lower from here.' YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It's Coming for the Sitcom Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back? Millions of Americans Are Obsessed With This Japanese Barbecue Sauce Inside the First Stargate AI Data Center How Coach Handbags Became a Gen Z Status Symbol ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
26 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Salesforce Says AI Has Reduced Hiring of Engineers and Customer Service Workers
(Bloomberg) — Salesforce Inc. (CRM) said the use of artificial intelligence tools internally has allowed it to hire fewer workers, another example of a company changing its hiring plans due to the emerging technology. NYC Congestion Toll Brings In $216 Million in First Four Months NY Wins Order Against US Funding Freeze in Congestion Fight NY Congestion Pricing Is Likely to Stay Until Year End During Court Case 'We have reduced some of our hiring needs,' Chief Financial and Operations Officer Robin Washington said Wednesday on a call with analysts, citing the implementation of AI tools. For example, she said that 500 customer service workers would be redeployed to different roles within the company this year, saving $50 million. Tech companies are relying on AI to help with everything from customer service to software engineering. Job cuts at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) earlier this month fell hardest on software engineers. Leaders of Microsoft and Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL) say AI is producing about 30% of new code on some projects. For years, social networks have been offloading content moderation jobs to AI; this year Meta Platforms Inc. (META) will be relying on a class of AI-powered engineers to carry out basic bug fixes and product improvements at Meta, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has said. In an interview, Washington said Salesforce is hiring fewer engineers due to productivity gains from AI. 'We view these as assistants, but they are going to allow us to have to hire less and hopefully make our existing folks more productive.' Salesforce reported a workforce of about 76,500 employees as of Jan. 31. At the same time as i's slowing hiring in some roles, Salesforce is increasing the ranks of sales workers. The company now has 13,000 salespeople, a sum that is expected to expand 22% this year from a year earlier, Chief Revenue Officer Miguel Milano said on the call. Earlier this year, Salesforce planned to cut over 1,000 employees as it hired for AI-focused roles, particularly in sales. Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back? YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It's Coming for the Sitcom Millions of Americans Are Obsessed With This Japanese Barbecue Sauce Inside the First Stargate AI Data Center How Coach Handbags Became a Gen Z Status Symbol ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's Terms and Privacy Policy
