Google to Offer AI-Generated Conversational Answers in Search
PYMNTS.com December 19, 2024
Google reportedly plans to add an AI Mode option to its Search page, enabling users to get conversational answers from a Gemini-like chatbot in place of traditional search results.
AI Mode will be accessible via a tab near the top of the search results page, near the existing tabs like All, Images, Videos and Shopping, The Information reported Thursday (Dec. 19), citing an unnamed source.
As with its Gemini chatbot, Google’s AI Mode will include links to external websites below its conversational answers, together with a search bar that invites users to ask a follow-up question, according to the report.
A Google spokesperson said in the report: “As our state-of-the-art models continue to advance, there’s a huge opportunity to bring...