Washington: Google has unveiled a series of AI-driven enhancements aimed at transforming the search experience, including the introduction of AI Overviews and the rollout of AI Mode.
As reported by GSM Arena, these innovations are designed to deliver users faster, more precise, and more thorough search results.
AI Overviews, now powered by Gemini 2.0 in the United States, will offer more detailed and informative answers to complex inquiries, encompassing topics such as coding, advanced mathematics, and multimodal questions.
Google states that over a billion users are currently "utilizing" AI Overviews, although it is important to note that this feature is automatically activated and does not require user consent.
In addition to expanding AI Overviews, Google is launching AI Mode, an experimental feature that enables users to conduct more sophisticated and nuanced searches.
AI Mode employs a tailored version of Gemini 2.0 and is intended to provide users with more thorough and accurate results.
According to GSM Arena, this feature is presently available as an opt-in experiment within Search Labs.
With AI Mode, users can pose follow-up questions and receive "helpful web links" to delve deeper into their inquiries.
Google asserts that this feature is especially beneficial for questions that necessitate further investigation, comparisons, and analytical reasoning.
The AI Mode experience integrates advanced model capabilities with Google's premier information systems, granting users access to high-quality web content, up-to-date real-time sources, and shopping data for billions of products.
Google recognizes that AI-generated responses in Search might inadvertently seem to adopt a specific persona or convey a certain viewpoint. The company is actively working to resolve these concerns in upcoming testing phases.
Furthermore, Google intends to enhance visual responses by incorporating images and videos, improving formatting, and providing innovative methods to access valuable web content.
Subscribers of Google One AI Premium will be the initial users to experience AI Mode, with invitations expected to be distributed shortly.
