Google is expanding its generative AI search experience with new updates designed to make AI Mode and AI Overviews more useful, more transparent, and more connected to the wider web. As AI becomes a bigger part of how people search online, Google is trying to make its AI tools feel less like a replacement for websites and more like a starting point for deeper exploration. The company’s latest updates focus on better links, trusted sources, firsthand perspectives, and easier w

Amazon has unveiled Kindle Translate, a new AI-powered translation service designed to help self-published authors on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) reach readers around the world. The service, currently in beta, offers translations between English and Spanish and from German to English, with plans to add more languages in the future (TechCrunch). With less than five percent of titles on Amazon available in more than one language, the company sees this as an opportunity to br

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the publishing industry, with Spines leading the charge. This Miami-headquartered startup,...