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How to create a calendar with your teams’ matches from the 2026 World Cup and add them to Google Calendar with artificial intelligence

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Let’s tell you how to create a calendar with matches of your favorite teams from the 2026 World Cup using artificial intelligencesomething quite simple to do. Because here it gets interesting, because later we will tell you how to add them to your Google Calendar so you don’t miss them. This is something that we are going to be able to do both in Gemini as in Claudeand it’s pretty simple. You can do it only with the matches of your country’s team, or directly with those of all the teams you are interested in following. Create a World Cup calendar with AI The first thing you have to do is ask Claude or Gemini to generate a calendar with the games played by the teams you want. You can request it with a prompt that looks like this: I want you to make me a calendar with the 2026 World Cup matches played by the teams of Spain, Argentina and Mexico. Obviously, you can modify the prompt to add the selections you want, or keep just one. This will generate a group stage schedule which is already underway, because it is not yet known which teams are going to qualify. Once you have the calendar created, now you have to tell the AI ​​to add it to your Google Calendar. You can use a prompt like this: Now save the games to my Google Calendar account Now comes the important part. Gemini and Claude have connectors to access your Google account, and will ask you to configure them to be able to do so and add the matches. ChatGPT does not have these connectors, and cannot do so. In Xataka Basics | How to prevent AI from always being right by default and thus make Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT have fewer hallucinations

This European alternative to Google Drive has up to 5TB of storage at a 90% discount

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We live in a time where having a lot of subscriptions at the same time has become the most normal thing in the world. Streaming platforms, Spotify or even VPN may be some of those you have in your portfolio. What’s more, it is very possible that, if you like football, You have already subscribed to DAZN to watch the World Cup which starts in a few days. For this reason, when it comes to adding one more subscription to the ones we already have, it costs. If you are looking for cloud storage, there are options that you can pay once and forget about monthly subscriptions or price increases. One of the most interesting right now is Internxt, which is on sale: Using the code ‘XATAKA’ you get a 90% discount. So, you can have 1 TB of storage for life per 190 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Lifetime cloud storage that includes even a VPN This company of Spanish origin is a European alternative to US clouds like Google Drive or iCloud. This plan with 1 TB, called Essential, is the most basic that Internxt has (we will talk about the other two a little further down). In this way, you pay only once and you ensure service for life without having to pay every month. Beyond the price and being a European cloud, Internxt is an option that has several interesting assets. The first thing is that it is a secure option that has end-to-end encryption, as well as zero-knowledge encryption. This means that both the company and any third party will not be able to access or intercept your data, so it meets a high level of privacy. Internxt is also open source and transparent. That cloud storage meets this characteristic is important, because it means that anyone can audit and review it. This prevents possible back doors through which our data ends up in the hands of third parties. In addition, the interface and application that Internxt has are quite simple and intuitive to use. Not only can you do well to store photos or videos to free up your phone’s storage, but also to make a backup from your teams directly. In addition, any of the plans that Internxt has comes with VPN and antivirus, so if you have a subscription to either of these two services, you can save money. This Internxt Essential plan includes, as we say above, 1 TB of cloud storage. If you want or need more, then perhaps one of the other plans that this company has available will suit you better. We detail them below, although remember that the code ‘XATAKA‘ also allows you to get them with a 90% discount: Premium Plan: 3 TB of storage, VPN, antivirus, cleaner and other additional features per 290 euros lifelong. Ultimate Plan: 5 TB of storage, VPN, antivirus, cleaner, meet and other additional features per 390 euros lifelong. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Internxt In Xataka | Google Drive alternatives: the best cloud storage services for your files In Xataka | 61 European alternatives to Google, X, Gmail, Chrome, Maps, DropBox, Google Drive, WhatsApp and other popular services

What it is, what it includes and how much the European alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace will cost

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Let’s explain to you what is Office EUa new office and productivity suite in the cloud that is presented as a European alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Its proposal is simple: give you everything that Google and Microsoft offer, but keeping your data in Europe protected by strict European privacy laws. This service has been operating for a few months in the invitation access phase, and you have to request to join the waiting list. But it has already been given enough shape to be able to know what it is and what its offer is, in addition to what we can expect from its prices. What is Office EU Office EU is a cloud productivity suite created by the Dutch company EUfforic Europe BVbased in The Hague. It is one of the many European companies that have set out to create European alternatives to large American services. Another of its premises, beyond offering you a European alternative, is that both Microsoft and Google are American companies subject to the CLOUD Act. This is a law that allows American authorities to access data stored by these companies, even if their servers are physically in Europe. Office EU is built on Nextcloud Hub, a well-established open source cloud collaboration solution in the European business environment. And for document editing integrates Collaborate Onlinean editor based on LibreOffice which allows you to work with .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files directly in the browser. What Office EU includes Office EU is a complete suite where you are offered all the tools so that you don’t miss any of the ones you are used to using. This is the list of included tools in this service: EU Drive: a cloud storage service where you can save all your files, and with options to share them. EU Docs: A document editor with functions such as real-time collaboration, and that is shareable with the main formats, such as Word’s .docx. EU Spreadsheet: A spreadsheet application that also supports Excel’s .xlsx format. EU Presentation: The PowerPoint alternative of this suite, compatible with .pptx, and which includes templates and animations for your presentations. EU Calendar: A calendar application, where you will be able to keep your agenda, and create reminders and invitations. EUTalk: A video calling service like Google Meet, with screen sharing and recording option. EU Email: An ad-free, encrypted email client. Office EU also ensures that facilitates migration from Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. To do this, it allows you to import emails, calendars and files, in addition to being able to use both platforms in parallel until you are convinced and ready to make the definitive change. How much will it cost Those responsible for Office EU They have not yet announced their official price. At the moment we only know that they will be “comparable to those of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace”, but they have not yet given specific figures. It will be necessary to see if the price is attractive enough to encourage users, companies and SMEs to make the jump to it. Furthermore, as we have told you, this service still on waiting list and access by invitation, without a specific date announced for its opening to the general public. In any case, taking into account that the price of Microsoft 365 Personal is around 10 euros per month, and that of Google Workspace Starter is around 6 euros per user per month, we should expect similar prices from this European alternative. In Xataka Basics | 61 European alternatives to Google, X, Gmail, Chrome, Maps, DropBox, Google Drive, WhatsApp and other popular services

While Google brags about AI, its employees do something else on an internal social network: laugh at it

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If there’s one company pushing AI it’s… well, apparently all of them right now. The industry has rushed into the arms of this technology and, with so much money investedthey must use it for something. Google is one of those companies and Sundar Pichai, CEO of the company, has on occasion boasted about how quickly Google itself has adopted AI and how much its engineers use the tools. The boss assures that 75% of Google’s new code It is generated by AI (these companies have an obsession with pointing out that their code is made by AI, Tell Anthropic). The point is that these engineers have an internal document in which they record their daily work with AI, but not to mark progress or benefits, but for something much more curious. Laugh at her. Google engineers making Google AI memes I am one of those who thinks that, if they take away the memes, what are we left with? I have come to have conversations directly based on memes, both established and invented, and I love that both Google engineers and I have something in common: we like crappy and classic memes. Because with generative AI you have people making these crappy memes with… AI, but the ‘sauce’ of the matter is looking for low resolution images and making a crappy edit. That’s part of the joke of the meme, and the ones from Google are great. Obviously, they have not been making them public because Google would not be very happy about it (in fact it has spoken out about it), but this matter has come to light thanks to an investigation by the media. 404 in which they have recreated some of these memes that Google employees themselves made not on any Monday, but on the most important date on the calendar for the company: I/O 2026. While Google presented those AI features that engineers had been working on for the past few months, those same engineers were sharing memes about the presentation on the aforementioned private ‘board’. These memes are ‘voted’ with a system of emojis like the classic raised thumbs. And there are not a few who enter the game. Google meme recreated by 404 Media This one is tough from the start: “I/O Announcement: New Ways to SLOP.” It’s a direct attack on the company that, these employees say, quickly received more than 100 thumbs up from other employees. Google meme recreated by 404 Media Me, working. AI Bro: “still not using AI? Why is it taking you so long? AI is magic, are you a muggle? The best AI tool has been released today” Google meme recreated by 404 Media Jetski, why did you do that stupid thing I told you not to do? Jetski: “Jetski is an internal Google tool” Google meme recreated by 404 Media Jetski has created a functional operating system on its own. Google Engineer: I doubt it Google meme recreated by 404 Media Barbie: what happiness making changes to the code with vibe coding Oppenheimer is the human who must review that code written by a machine Google meme recreated by 404 Media Companies trying to get you to use their new AI features Beyond these artisanal memes, there are two curious things. The first is that several of these engineers share that boredom with AI that is also seen in part of social networks, and it is curious that not even the people who make the tool buy the marketing discourse of those who sell that tool. The second, and getting more serious, is that there are those who want to escape the development of this technology, but doesn’t see alternatives because all the technologies they are in the same boat. There are statements like “I have no motivation and feel burned out by the constant changes, but I have no alternative” or “AI-related projects are prioritized while everything else is put on the back burner.” There are also statements that show a disconnect between internal work policies and the need to push AI development as far as possible. “We are finding that AI has relieved the pressure and bottleneck in code generation,” says another employee, “but everything else has become a bottleneck: build times, testing, the delays in human review, the comparatively slow infrastructure, and the version comparison system.” “The conclusion that many colleagues are reaching is that Google’s infrastructure and engineering culture was built to be stable and intentionally slow, but the pressures to accelerate the pace using AI are colliding with that strategy,” says another. In the end, It is logical that they are pushing this technology internally. Goal, for example, also doesputting pressure from above for employees to use it. And there are good things, but the problem is that these large companies are finding themselves in a situation in which the tools have changed a lot, as well as the tasks, but the core of the ‘bureaucracy’, so to speak, has remained the same. For example, another employee claims that he has completed many tasks quickly thanks to AI, but when the work is finished needs a human review which then takes the same time as always. That’s where the bottleneck is. What Google says Memes are funny, but Google sure wasn’t amused. Have you answered anything? Well yes. 404 includes two statements from Google. On the one hand, the first one they sent: “We encourage our engineers to rigorously test and critique our internal tools. That honest feedback loop is vital to how we build technology. AI coding models are designed to assist developers, but it’s critical that we keep humans in the process, including the oversight and expertise of our world-class engineering talent. “We continue to refine our internal tools based on employee feedback to ensure they are facilitating, not hindering, daily productivity.” Very marketing, but the curious thing is that, after 404 published the article showing the memes, andThe Google spokesperson sent another statement: “We encourage our engineers to … Read more

Two years later and with the help of Google, this is what Apple’s AI assistant does

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Apple promised a radically new Siri in 2024. It didn’t arrive. He promised it again in 2025. And it didn’t come either. Today, in the last keynote of Tim Cook as CEO, has finally presented the complete review of this wizardwhich now runs on the models of artificial intelligence (AI) from Google. Two years late. A multi-million dollar agreement with its biggest historical rival. And a question that hangs in the air: is it enough to make up for lost time? Several notes before we get into trouble. Apple pays approximately 1 billion dollars a year for licensing a custom Gemini model from Google with some 1.2 trillion parameters, according to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg. It is not a built-in ChatGPT. Nor a direct access to Gemini. It’s a bit different: Apple distills those models to create versions optimized for local execution on iPhone and Mac with its own privacy requirements. But the brain belongs to Google. What Siri AI can do now Siri will continue to run on Apple devices, locally, and in this company’s private cloud, maintaining the apple company’s privacy standards. This is the biggest promise that Apple has made to us. And it simply means that Google provides artificial intelligence. And Apple provides the infrastructure, the chips and the promise that no one, not even Google, can access our data. For the first time, Siri has its own app with a dark interface, a text field, a microphone for voice mode and an icon to attach images and files. The conversations are saved in a history with optional expiration date and are synchronized via iCloud. It is, in essence, a direct competitor to ChatGPT and Gemini in Apple’s own ecosystem. Article in development…

goes through Nvidia and Google

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It doesn’t matter when you read this, but the new Siri is coming. I know that already it was said two years agobut now it seems that iOS 27 will bring this new Siri in its beta phase. Apple’s plans for both its assistant and its artificial intelligence They presented themselves with many promises, but few realities and a historic shipwreck which forced the company to remove YouTube ads showing the assistant’s actions. But now comes the good news, and it will be thanks to others. Specifically, thanks to Nvidia and Google. September. Now yes, it really seems that the new Siri will arrive in September. Once it passes the beta period with iOS 27 this summer, the assistant will reach our devices. Whether it will be in a full or trimmed version while they test and expand features remains to be seen, but being the launch of Ternus as new CEOit is evident that what they launch must be based on reality and not on promises. Why September? Well, because that is when the iPhone 18 Pro is expected to arrive and that is when, traditionally, the final version of the new version of iOS is released. Google brain. Now, to the most interesting thing. As published The Informationthis new Siri will be possible not thanks to Apple’s advances in its own AI or its servers: it will be thanks to Google. It doesn’t take anyone by surprise considering the agreement that both companies reached in January of this year. It was announced as a multi-year, one-time deal between Google and Apple to make Gemini the core of Apple’s foundational models. It is something that is still valid, especially taking into account the, according to Bloomberg$1 billion annually that Apple pays Google to give them access to a customized Gemini model, plus other smaller ones to train their own models that can be used locally on the devices. Nvidia Muscle. And, if Google is Siri’s brain, it’s also the muscle. According to the same report, this renewed version of Siri will depend on the Google Cloud data centers that have the processors Nvidia Blackwell B200. This is one of Nvidia’s most capable platforms for AI calculations and the decision to use them was made recently. According to The Information, Apple made the decision after evaluating the confidential computing capabilities on the Nvidia platform. We already know that it is a company that takes data privacy seriously (everything that a company of such magnitude can take, of course) and The Information points out that this focus on privacy slightly slows down AI processing in the cloud, but allows Apple to maintain that privacy commitment. Keep an eye on WWDC. In any case, in the end this is information from The Information and it is very possible that we will soon have more information. This Monday, June 8, at 7:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time, the WWDC will kick off. Apple’s big software event will allow us to know these details, as well as all the news about iOS 27 and the new ones macOS, iPadOSWhatchOS and, hopefully, VisionOS. Our Applesfera colleagues they will be in Cupertino to cover it live, but in Xataka you will also have all the information at your fingertips. In Xataka | How to change Siri for ChatGPT on your iPhone: create a shortcut and use voice AI whenever you want without opening any app

Hunting Bargains in the first week of June with offers on Xiaomi and Google mobile phones, discounts on Sony headphones and more

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June has begun with the official announcement of the exact date of the Prime Day 2026and also with the launch of a huge assortment of offers by this and other stores. In it first Bargain Hunting of the month We are going to review the best bargains that we have seen these days. Do you need a cell phone? Well, be careful because there are several to choose from. Xiaomi 17T by 499 euros with coupon, the brand’s new mobile phone that stands out in (almost) everything. Sony WH-1000XM5 by 202.99 eurosone of Sony’s best headphones with one of the best prices we’ve seen to date. Google Pixel 10 by 699 eurosa very reasonable price (and one of the best) for the 256 GB storage version. Xiaomi Ultra Slim Magnetic Power Bank by 29.95 eurosa very thin and very light portable battery that can help you if your phone runs out of battery. iPhone 16e by 504 eurosthe lowest price we have seen to date on Apple’s mobile. Xiaomi Ultra Slim Magnetic Power Bank The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi 17T Xiaomi has already launched the new generation of one of its star mobile phones, especially in terms of quality-price ratio. He Xiaomi 17T It has arrived strongly due to the changes it has undergone with respect to the previous model (Xiaomi 15T), as well as the many offers that we are seeing in the different stores. MediaMarkt, for example, has it 499 euros. Of course, to buy it at this price, you have to follow these steps: If you log in to MediaMarkt, the price drops from 749 euros to 549 euros. If you enter the coupon 50XIAOMI17TMMthe price drops from 549 euros to 499 euros. If you are a student, you can get an additional discount of 50 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Sony WH-1000XM5 The Sony WH-1000XM5 They were launched quite some time ago, so it is logical that we have been seeing very varied offers for some time. However, it is now that we are seeing more and more historical minimum prices, especially in the version that includes a soft case. After a few weeks of varying the price a little, it has finally dropped a lot at PcComponentes. You can now buy them for 202.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 10 He Google Pixel 10 The one that is most often on sale is the 128 GB one, but right now there is an exception: MediaMarkt (and other stores) has lowered the price of the 256 GB configuration to 699 euros instead of the usual 999 euros. It is a mobile excellent both for its screen and for its photographic section. Plus, your operating system will be up to date for many years. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi Ultra Slim Magnetic Power Bank Now that the heat is approaching, if you plan to take the odd trip, a portable battery or power bank can come in handy so that we don’t end up without a mobile phone battery. If you are looking for something light, the Xiaomi Ultra Slim Magnetic Power Bank It is on sale at Powerplanet for 29.95 euros. It stands out mainly for its thickness of 8.7 mm, its weight of 122 grams and for having wireless or wired charging. The bad thing is that its nominal capacity is 3,000 mAh; It won’t give you enough to charge your phone, but it will give you a little extra autonomy. Xiaomi Ultra Slim Magnetic Power Bank The price could vary. We earn commission from these links iPhone 16e He iPhone 16e It continues to be sold in many stores, and from time to time we see such attractive prices that they make us reconsider making the leap to the current generation or staying with the previous one. Right now, for example, it is on Amazon for 504 eurosthe tightest price we have seen to date. It is an ideal mobile phone to make the leap to the Apple ecosystem, Its screen is 6.1 inches and is compatible with Apple Intelligence. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Xiaomi, Sony, Google, Apple In Xataka | After testing them, Xataka experts agree: these are the best mobile phones of 2026 In Xataka | Best power banks in quality price. Which one to buy based on use and seven recommended models

“It’s probably not your mother.” Google has set out to end deepfakes in calls once and for all

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Google has just given a twist to its system for detecting possible fraudulent calls, focusing on one of the most current problems related to them: identity theft using deepfakes. Through an update to the Phone app, all devices with Android 12 and above will be safer than ever starting this month. The problem. Despite the efforts of both operators and the Government itself, in Spain More than 135 million calls were blocked and five million SMS with fraudulent intentions. Globally, about 30% of these calls have fraudulent intent They were deepfakes. According to data from the March 2026 Global Financial Fraud Threat Assessment According to Interpol, the impersonation fraud led to more than 400 billion losses. How they achieve it. The scammers, as Google explains on its blogare able to spoof the phone number by routing calls through software. In other words, it is relatively easy to impersonate another person’s phone number and, when they call us, it appears as a sender that we have saved. If they manage to clone the voice using artificial intelligence, the result can be disastrous, since it is practically indistinguishable from reality. The new. Starting this month, the Google Phone app will be updated with automatic spoofing detection. It is an addition to the detection of SPAM which we already had, capable of detecting deepfakes in an advanced way. When a contact calls us and the Phone app is being used, the sending mobile phone sends a signal to our phone via RCS. So that? To verify that the call is coming from that contact’s legitimate device, and not from a scammer who has spoofed the phone number. That is to say: even if someone manages to copy a number and impersonate it, the additional authentication that Google requires when making the call cannot be replicated. How will we know. The feature will arrive globally in the Google Phone app and, in the event that a fraudulent call is detected, we will see a “it may not be X person” notice. If we decide to take it, it will be our responsibility. The curious thing is that, on the call screen, the impersonated contact will continue to appear. The main limitation of this function is that it depends on whether we use, yes or no, the Google Phone app. In other words, if they call us from iOS or using another application, this additional verification system is not required. In Xataka | Record spam calls to report: what the Spanish Data Protection Agency allows and how to do it

exit Google search

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Europe has proposed let depend on the US in technology and now is taking real action to get the desired digital sovereignty. According to Politicalone of these measures will come into force tomorrow and consists of something very specific: saying goodbye to the Google search engine. what’s happening. According to an internal email to which Politico has had access, as of Thursday, June 4, “Qwant will replace Google as the default search engine on the European Parliament’s computers.” The reason for this change is to continue “Parliament’s commitment to digital sovereignty and the protection of users’ personal data.” Why is it important. The European Union has realized (too late) that The US is not the reliable partner I thoughtand that depending on their technology is a problem. Changing the search engine on parliament’s computers is a symbolic measure, in the sense that it is one of the easiest to execute and will not have a real impact on technological independence, but it is important to send a message: it is possible. Qwant. It is a search engine that focuses on privacy protection, in fact its slogan is “the browser that knows nothing about you.” Qwant does not store search history or resell browsing data, has an extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari and comes with built-in AI to summarize web pages. And most importantly, it is European, specifically French. Yes, but. When an MEP searches from the address bar in the browser of one of the parliament’s computers, Qwant will be the default search engine. However, they will be able to both access Google to search and change the settings to make it the default search engine. That is, there is no prohibition or block to use Google or any other search engine. More measurements. A few days ago we learned that the European Union is preparing a “technological sovereignty package” with four key measures to reduce its dependence on the United States. These measures focus on four critical areas: Cloud: audits and stress tests for suppliers. Chips: the European Commission will review the Chips Act to be able to cancel contracts and centralize emergency purchases. Software: creation of a strategy to promote European free software. Data centers: 200 billion for the construction of data centers and 20 billion for digitalization and AI in energy. It’s going to be complicated. The EU’s dependence on US technology is enormous. According to Synergy data70% of the European cloud market is owned by just three American companies (AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud) and only 15% is controlled by European companies. In the field of chips, although there is ASML, the external dependency is enormous as evidenced with the case of Nexperia and China. Not only is Europe late, its ability to compete in these critical sectors is negligible compared to that of the United States or China. Image | Guillaume Perigois and Alex Dudar on Unsplash In Xataka | The CEO of Mistral sends a message to Europe: the end of being the technological vassal of the United States

Google search engine is killing blue links. So more and more users are finding refuge in DuckDuckGo

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Search things on Google it’s not the same anymore. The technology giant is turning its traditional search engine into something very different in which AI is taking control whether we like it or not. The good news is that if we don’t like it, we have alternativesand precisely in DuckDuckGo They are taking advantage of this opportunity very well. Times change. For nearly three decades, Google has been the gateway to that traditional list of blue links that the search engine presented as results. In recent years, the search engine is becoming an AI engine that tries to anticipate the user’s intentions and autocomplete queries with long answers. AI Overviews. The arrival of AI Overviews (AI Summaries) has made the search engine answer questions directly at the top of the page, but that move is being heavily criticized. The reason is simple: Google is killing those blue links it defended for more than 25 years. The new AI Mode goes in that same direction and points to a future in which we will not ask the Google search engine things, but simply talk to it. DuckDuckGo takes advantage of its opportunity. DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg recently stated that “Google is imposing AI with no way to disable it.” This has not pleased a certain sector of users who are beginning to use alternatives that give them back control. That’s good news for DuckDuckGo, which has seen more and more users start using its services: Downloads of the DuckDuckGo app in the US grew by an average of 18.1% weekly, and peaks of 30.5% were reached on May 25 The adoption rate on Apple devices was even higher, with an average rise of 33% and a peak of 69.9%. Visits to specific page free of AI, noai.duckduckgo.comincreased on average by 22.7% from week to week. Searches like before, and private. The advantages of DuckDuckGo are striking for those looking for alternatives to the Google search engine. To begin with, DuckDuckGo has that aforementioned page that avoids any trace of AI. If you want to use AI canbut in that case you will have access to somewhat more modest models (Claude 4.5 Haiku, GPT-5 mini, Llama 4 Scout, you can pay to access better models) but with which your conversations will remain private. In addition, DuckDuckGo deletes IPs and prohibits the use of those conversations to train models. It is an extension towards AI that iron defense of privacy that since its inception has differentiated this search engine… although there have been some controversy about it. Google doesn’t even flinch. Despite this growth in downloads and visits to its search services, DuckDuckGo remains an alternative with an anecdotal market share in the search segment. Worldwide it has a 0.71% share compared to Google’s 90.02% and Bing’s 5.14%. Anti-AI shelter. Google’s dominance here is absolute and it seems almost impossible for that to change, but even so DuckDuckGo is clearly positioning itself as the refuge for those who see AI as an unnecessary—or unwanted—complication when performing searches. Kamyl Bazbaz, head of company policy, explained it with a simple statement: “people simply want to be able to choose.” Business model at play. The shift towards AI seems to be beneficial for Google, whose search revenue grew by 19% in the first quarter of 2026. It is a striking fact considering that theoretically AI results make it difficult for advertising to enter the search engine, but Google seems to be solving it with native advertising from AI Overviews or Keyword auctions in AI Mode. This is added to the recommendations of affiliate products that also seem to be working and promoting a business model that is being renewed in parallel to what the search engine is doing. In Xataka | Google already knows how to make its AI Overviews more human: use Reddit content ruthlessly

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