A large-scale analysis of websites from the Internet Archive shows just how much AI text already saturates the web. According to the researchers, though, the actual effects look quite different from what the public assumes.
Google is testing "Ask YouTube," a conversational search feature that replaces the standard video list with a results page combining text, full-length videos, and Shorts. Ask for a three-day road trip plan from San Francisco to Santa Barbara, for instance, and you'll get a structured itinerary with local tips and the option to ask follow-ups, like where to find good cafes along the route. The feature mirrors Google's "AI Mode" in regular search, which the company has also brought to Gmail.
The Verge's Jay Peters tried it out, describing an Apollo 11 search that returned a text overview, a labeled video, and galleries sorted by topic. But the AI got a fact wrong on a query about Valve's Steam Controller - a reminder, Peters notes, that users still need to verify the results. The experiment is limited to YouTube Premium users in the US who are 18 or older and sign up at youtube.com/new. Google says it plans to expand access later.
Starting June 1, 2026, GitHub will charge Copilot users based on actual usage instead of premium request counts. The new "GitHub AI Credits" track consumed tokens - input, output, and cached - priced at each model's API rates. Base prices stay the same: Copilot Pro at $10 per month, Pro+ at $39, Business at $19 per user, and Enterprise at $39 per user. Each plan includes credits matching its subscription price, and code completions don't consume credits. Business customers get extra credits from June through August to ease the transition.
GitHub Chief Product Officer Mario Rodriguez justified the shift in a company blog post by pointing to the varying compute costs of agentic use: "Today, a short chat question can cost the user just as much as an autonomous coding session lasting several hours." A preview invoice launches in early May. GitHub also announced in March that starting April 24, 2026, it will use interaction data from Free, Pro, and Pro+ users for AI training unless they opt out.
Meta has signed a deal with startup Overview Energy for up to 1 gigawatt of space-based solar power. The only catch: the technology doesn’t exist yet.
ASML plans to significantly increase production of its EUV lithography machines to keep pace with growing demand for AI chips, the Wall Street Journal reports.
