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ChatGPT moves into health, Gemini expands across Google’s ecosystem, and Obsero rolls out sentiment analysis

ChatGPT moves into health, Gemini expands across Google’s ecosystem, and Obsero rolls out sentiment analysis

The first full week of 2026 showed how AI search is starting to settle into its next phase. OpenAI is pushing ChatGPT further into everyday use through health features, while Google continues to weave Gemini across its products.

AI Search

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Will the AI Search industry be worth $171bn by 2030? Will ChatGPT apps ever take off and are they a threat to Apple's App Store?

Will the AI Search industry be worth $171bn by 2030? Will ChatGPT apps ever take off and are they a threat to Apple's App Store?

As AI search accelerates into 2026, I've taken a look at the top stories shaping the industry. Will the AI search industry be worth $171bn by 2030? Will ChatGPT apps ever take off? Lets dive in.

GEO

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Mark Williams-Cook on AI search, GEO and what actually drives visibility

Mark Williams-Cook on AI search, GEO and what actually drives visibility

This conversation with Mark Williams-Cook explores how trust, entity strength and off-site signals increasingly matter in an AI Search world.

Video

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OpenAI hits “Code Red”: ads pushed back as Altman shifts priorities towards stabilising ChatGPT amid mounting pressure from Google and Anthropic

OpenAI hits “Code Red”: ads pushed back as Altman shifts priorities towards stabilising ChatGPT amid mounting pressure from Google and Anthropic

OpenAI has hit the brakes. A leaked memo reveals ads, agents and Pulse have been slowed as Sam Altman declares “Code Red” in response to Google’s rapid progress. Publicly, Nick Turley insists there’s no ad testing - yet strings in the latest beta point to search ads, carousels and monetisation features quietly being prepared.

Perplexity

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AI Search Intelligence is very much in vogue and Adobe’s SEMrush acquisition proves it

AI Search Intelligence is very much in vogue and Adobe’s SEMrush acquisition proves it

Adobe’s $1.9B move for SEMrush, Google’s release of Gemini 3 and the first ads appearing inside AI answers all point to the same thing: the industry is shifting from SERPs to AI-driven answer engines. Here’s why this week matters more than most.

Survey

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Google fires the next shot in the AI shopping war - changing how products are found, compared and bought

Google fires the next shot in the AI shopping war - changing how products are found, compared and bought

One thing is becoming clear: the fight for shopping isn’t happening on websites anymore - it’s happening inside AI assistants. Google’s latest update pushes the industry closer to a world where the buying journey is run by agents, not shoppers.

ChatGPT

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