Google Launches Ask YouTube AI Conversational Search
Google launched Ask YouTube on April 28, 2026, a conversational search beta that replaces keyword queries with natural-language questions and returns a mix of videos, Shorts, and AI summaries.
Perplexity Launches Model Council: Run GPT, Claude, and Gemini in Parallel
Perplexity launched Model Council on February 5, 2026, a feature that runs the same query across multiple frontier AI models simultaneously and synthesizes a single, cross-validated answer. The feature is available to Perplexity Max subscribers at $200 per month