October 31, 2024: Google Enhances AI Accuracy with Search Grounding - Google has introduced grounding for its Gemini AI models via Google Search, enhancing response accuracy and relevance. This feature, available in AI Studio and the Gemini API, incorporates current data from search results into AI responses. Grounding helps reduce outdated information and hallucinations by supplementing AI output with contextual and factual links. Developers can configure groundings activation based on query relevance, although it may slow response times. Free testing is offered in AI Studio, while the APIs paid tier costs $35 per 1,000 grounded queries.