Google tests an AI-only version of its search engine

Google leans more into AI-generated overviews

Google is updating its ubiquitous search engine with the next generation of its artificial intelligence technology as part of an effort to provide instant expertise amid intensifying competition from smaller competitors.

Google's latest experiment is an all-AI search result mode

It's just an opt-in Labs curio for now, but so were those ever-present Overviews

Google is testing AI-only search results, expands AI Overviews

Like it or not, Google is doubling down on AI-generated search.On Wednesday, the tech giant announced that it's expanding AI overviews to more Google Search queries, starting with advanced math, coding, and multimodal searches. That's made possible due to Google's more advanced model, Gemini 2.0,, which now powers AI overviews.AI Overviews is also expanding access to more users outside of the U.S. by allowing people who aren't logged in to see t…

You Knew It Was Coming: Google Begins Testing AI-Only Search Results - WhoWhatWhy

You Knew It Was Coming: Google Begins Testing AI-Only Search Results (Maria) The author writes, “Google has become so integral to online navigation that its name became a verb, meaning ‘to find things on the Internet.’ Soon, Google might just tell you what’s on the Internet instead of showing you. The company has announced an expansion of its AI search features, powered by Gemini 2.0. … Google is testing a more substantial change in the form of …

The Download: Denmark’s robot city, and Google’s AI-only search results

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Welcome to robot city The city of Odense, in Denmark, is best known as the site where King Canute, Denmark’s last Viking king, was murdered during the 11th century. Today, Odense it’s also home to more than 150 robotics, automation, and drone companies. It’s particularly renowned for collaborative robots, or c…