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Ep 707: AI Search as the Personal OS: The Next Interface For Information
Alphabet just crossed $400 billion in annual revenue, OpenAI unveiled a new “Frontier” initiative, Sam Altman says AI will run the company after him and more.
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February 05, 2026
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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Search is quietly turning into an operating system for how people think, work, and make decisions. We break down how AI search is becoming the new interface for information—and what that changes for everyday work. Give today’s show a watch/read/listen.
🕵️♂️ Fresh Finds: Grok is now leading the Arena Video leaderboard, Perplexity is experimenting with a Model Council feature, Mistral dropped Voxtral Transcribe 2, and more. Read on for Fresh Finds.
🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: Alphabet just crossed $400 billion in annual revenue, OpenAI unveiled a new “Frontier” initiative, Sam Altman says AI will run the company after him and more. Read on for Byte Sized News.
💪 Leverage AI: Search quietly became a personal operating system, but most people are still using it like a keyword box from 2012. The result? Hours wasted on work Google’s AI now does for you automatically. Keep reading for that!
↩️ Don’t miss out: Miss our last newsletter? We covered: Claude commits to staying ad-free, Nvidia–OpenAI deal hits a speed bump, Alexa+ rolls out nationwide and more. Check it here!
Ep 707: AI Search as the Personal OS: The Next Interface For Information
What if search becomes.... proactive? 😲
Like, Google knows you so well that you don't even need to provide any details and it'll just deliver you the results.
Sound far off?
Robby is the VP of Product at Google Search and he joined Everyday AI to dish details on how the next era of AI search is about so much more than personalization.
It's about Google becoming your personal Operating System that proactively delivers better results than you could.
Also on the pod today:
• Google Search gets Gemini 3 🚀
• Personal intelligence in AI mode 🧠
• Restaurant booking via agentic search 🍽️
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1. Alphabet Rockets Past $400B with Gemini 3 Supercharge 🤑
Alphabet just smashed its annual revenue record, raking in over $400 billion, fueled by the blockbuster launch of Gemini 3 and surging demand for AI across Search, Cloud, YouTube, and Waymo.
CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that Gemini 3’s rollout has turbocharged everything from enterprise subscriptions to everyday Search, with Google Cloud and YouTube both seeing major revenue acceleration thanks to AI-powered products. Waymo is expanding rapidly, while Google’s CapEx plans signal even bigger bets on AI infrastructure for 2026.
2. OpenAI Unveils 'Frontier' to Tackle AI Agent Chaos 🧠
OpenAI just launched Frontier, a platform designed to help businesses finally get AI agents out of the experimental phase and into real, productive work.
The system aims to bridge the gap between what AI can do and what companies actually deploy, promising seamless integration across existing tools and strict security guardrails. At its core, Frontier is about making AI coworkers genuinely useful and trusted, giving them the context and feedback loops they need to work alongside humans.
3. Anthropic Roasts OpenAI’s ChatGPT Ads During Super Bowl Showdown 🏈
Anthropic is grabbing headlines with a bold Super Bowl ad campaign poking fun at OpenAI’s plan to run ads in ChatGPT, airing spots that lampoon the idea of chatbots turning into infomercials.
The commercials, which cost millions to air during the year’s most-watched broadcast, show tongue-in-cheek scenarios where helpful advice from an AI is quickly hijacked by awkward product pitches. OpenAI’s Sam Altman pushed back, calling Anthropic’s portrayal misleading and insisting that real ads in ChatGPT will be clear, separate, and not influence answers.
4. Gemini AI Surges Past 750 Million Users Following Major Upgrade 📈
Google’s Gemini chatbot just smashed the 750 million monthly active user mark, turbocharged by the recent launch of its advanced Gemini 3 model.
This puts Gemini hot on the heels of ChatGPT, which leads with roughly 810 million users, signaling an intense rivalry in the AI arms race. Bolstered by a new, budget-friendly subscription plan and record-breaking annual revenue, Google’s AI push is driving the company’s success to new heights.
5. Sam Altman Floats AI as His Own Successor at OpenAI 🤖
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Billions of people use Google Search every day. And Google's own VP of Product says almost nobody is using it right.
The gap between how you search and what's actually possible? It ain't a gap. It's a friggin canyon.
Yeah, you're prolly still typing three words into that bar like it's 2012 even though Google Gemini Personal Intelligence is kinda like your search genie now.
Search quietly became a different product. When you opt-in, tt connects to your Gmail. Your Photos. It knows your gym, your brands, and your trip next weekend.
And you're out there typing "restaurants Nashville" then opening 13 tabs like it's the smart thing to do. That's like handing your personal assistant a Post-it that says "food. help."
We sat down with Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google Search, on today's Everyday AI to break down how search became a personal operating system and how to actually use it.
Still searching in keyword-ese? You're leaving hours on the table.
Time to capitalize shorties.
1. Your Search Should Already Know You 🔥
Google quietly rolled out something called Personal Intelligence in Search. You opt in, connect your Gmail and Google Photos, and search stops being generic.
Here's what that actually unlocks.
Robby typed two words. "Gym bag." That's it. Google already knew his gym, recognized the brand vibe from his recent purchases, and recommended bags so specifically him it felt like shopping with a friend who's been paying attention for years.
You don't have to pre-explain who you are anymore. The AI already has that context from your actual life.
It goes deeper too. Robby types a friend's name and asks what to get them for their birthday. The AI pulls from email conversations and shared photos to deliver genuinely thoughtful, relationship-specific recommendations. Not a "top 10 gifts for men" listicle.
The era of browsing 50 generic results and mentally filtering them yourself is over. Your results now start where your life already is.
Try This
Head to your Google Search settings and look for the Personal Intelligence labs experience. Connect your Gmail and Photos.
Then test it with something personal. Ask for a gift idea for someone you actually know by name. Or ask what to pack for a trip you've already booked.
Don't explain anything. Just ask and let the AI pull context from your own data.
If the results feel eerily on point, that's the whole idea. Start using this before your competitors realize their search bar has been running on autopilot this whole time.
2. Type Everything Stop Self-Editing ⚡
Robby's single biggest piece of advice for getting more out of Google right now is almost painfully simple.
Stop. Self. Editing.
Instead of "restaurants Nashville," type this: restaurants in Nashville for a friend trip with six people, outdoor seating, near a music venue, one of us has a dog, another has a food allergy, and we all hate seafood.
Every single constraint. Into Google. And it handles all of it.
Here's the part most people miss. One query in AI Mode kicks off potentially dozens of searches behind the scenes. The model does way more work than what you originally typed.
But you gotta actually give it something to work with.
You spent 20 years learning to compress your thoughts into three-word phrases because that's what worked. Full questions used to return "results not found." The technology leapfrogged that limitation a while ago. Your habits didn't.
The search bar handles full paragraphs now. And the people who figured that out are making decisions in minutes that used to take hours.
Try This
Pick something you're actively researching right now. A purchase, a trip, a decision you've been going back and forth on.
Type every single detail into AI Mode. Who you're with. What you don't want. Your budget. Your timeline. All of it.
Then ask a follow-up without re-explaining anything. The AI remembers the full conversation.
Do this for one week. You'll prolly never type a three-word search again. And you'll wonder how many hours you burned over the years doing the AI's filtering job manually.
3. Search Finishes The Job Now 🚀
Search used to hand you a list of links and wish you luck. Now it books the restaurant.
Ask about dinner spots in AI Mode and Google pulls live availability from OpenTable so you can reserve without opening a new tab. Need a haircut? It finds open slots. If the business doesn't have a website, the AI straight up calls them and emails you what it finds.
But the wildest unlock is what the models do when text ain't enough.
Ask about lift in aviation and Gemini 3 Pro decides a paragraph won't cut it. So it codes a working interactive simulation with sliders for wind speed and angle. On the fly. No developer needed. The AI assessed what you actually needed and built the most helpful thing possible.
Robby described a near future where search helps before you even think to ask. Your trip is a week out and you haven't booked a hotel? Google surfaces options before you start scrambling.
The only limitation is your creativity fam. And that's kinda the point.
Try This
Next time you search for a restaurant or local service in AI Mode, don't stop at the recommendation. Look for the live booking option and complete the loop without leaving the page.
Try the live conversation feature in the Google app when you're driving or cooking. Talk to search about something you need to learn or decide. Works in audio only mode too.
And test Circle to Search next time you spot something on social media you wanna buy. Circle it and let the AI handle the rest. This ain't just search anymore fam. It's a closer.
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