Google is pushing AI even further into search.
The company announced that AI Overviews, AI-generated summaries at the top of search results, will now appear for more types of queries.
They’ll also be visible to users worldwide, even if they aren’t logged into Google.
Google is also testing AI Mode, a chatbot-powered search tool similar to Perplexity or ChatGPT Search.
For now, it’s only available to Google One AI Premium subscribers who enable it in Search Labs.
AI Mode appears as a separate tab, like Images or News, and provides AI-generated answers with supporting links based on Google’s search index.
Here’s what’s happening:
AI Overviews are expanding to more searches and will be available globally, even to logged-out users.
AI Mode, a chatbot-powered search tool, is being tested for Google One AI Premium users.
Google claims AI search won’t harm website traffic but instead boosts engagement by offering more context before users click.
Google says these AI tools help answer more complex questions that were previously harder to search for.
Where did all the links go?
The company is integrating its Gemini 2.0 model into AI Overviews, making it more effective for math, coding, and advanced reasoning.
There are concerns about whether AI-generated results reduce website traffic, but Google insists that AI Overviews actually increase engagement by giving users more context before they click through.
Google isn’t replacing traditional search, at least not yet. But with AI becoming a bigger part of search, how people use Google is changing fast.
Google really went from “I’m feeling lucky” to “I’m feeling AI-generated.”