Google has launched a new AI-powered feature, AI Mode, for Google Search, designed to handle complex queries and provide comprehensive responses. Initially tested internally, this feature is now being rolled out to a limited number of users. Alongside this, Google has also upgraded its AI Overviews with the Gemini 2.0 model, enhancing its ability to process advanced queries.
Google Search Gets AI Mode
In a blog post, Google detailed AI Mode, an expansion of AI Overviews with more advanced reasoning, thinking, and multimodal capabilities.
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Availability and Access
- Currently available to select users via Google Labs as an early experiment.
- Google One AI Premium subscribers will soon receive invitations to test it.
- No confirmation on a full public rollout.
How AI Mode Works
- Appears as a filter on the search results page in the first position, followed by All, Images, News, Maps, etc.
- Uses Gemini 2.0 to provide deeper exploration, comparisons, and reasoning.
- Allows follow-up questions and presents multimodal results (images, tables, etc.).
- Lists relevant websites for additional information.
- Utilizes “query fan-out” to run multiple related searches simultaneously across sub-topics.
Ensuring Factual Accuracy & User Feedback
- Uses web content, Knowledge Graph, shopping data, and real-world information to enhance reliability.
- Google acknowledges the possibility of biased responses and encourages user feedback.
- AI Mode will show web search results only in areas where it lacks high confidence in helpfulness and quality.
AI Overviews Upgraded with Gemini 2.0
- AI Overviews, which provides AI-generated search summaries, has been upgraded with Gemini 2.0.
- Now capable of answering complex questions related to coding, advanced mathematics, and multimodal queries.
- Currently available in the US.
- Expansion planned for teenage users (with teen accounts) and those not signed into Google accounts.
With these AI-driven upgrades, Google Search aims to streamline information retrieval, making it more intuitive and efficient for users.
