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May 22, 2026

Google search gets an AI makeover

Plus, AI talk at graduation ceremonies this month drew loud backlash from students, and Elon Musk loses his lawsuit against OpenAI. Anita Ramaswamy, columnist at The Information, joins Marketplace's Stephanie Hughes for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."

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On this week’s Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review, we take a look at how college graduates do not wanna hear about AI. Plus, what we all learned from the Musk v. Open AI case.

But first, AI was unsurprisingly front and center at Google’s annual I/O developer conference. Among a suite of new AI products, Google said it updated its iconic search bar.

Now, when searching in AI mode, the bar will expand as you ask a question. It will also provide suggestions about what you might want to ask. Google says this is the biggest change to its search box since it debuted over 25 years ago.

Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Anita Ramaswamy, a columnist at The Information, about how this could change how people experience the internet.

More on everything we talked about

Google Changes Its Search Box for the First Time in 25 Years - from The New York Times

A new era for AI Search - from Google

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed during graduation speech about AI - from NBC News

All the Juiciest Evidence From the Blockbuster OpenAI Trial - from The Wall Street Journal

The Team