Google tests AI‑exclusive search results with Gemini 2.0
The Google search engine seldom undergoes groundbreaking changes that render it unrecognizable. However, we may witness a pilot project that fits this description. Google has begun testing an "AI Only" view, in which search results are solely generated by Gemini 2.0.
Google introduced changes to its search engine related to artificial intelligence and communicated to users that results generated by Gemini 2.0 are at least as important as traditional web results. For those interested, Google enables a new "AI Mode" tab through Search Labs, which appears as the first card in Google and provides solely AI-compiled results.
According to Google, this approach will allow users to receive answers even to complex queries, which Gemini 2.0 is designed to interpret effectively. AI-generated results are intended to be particularly helpful in cases that require comparisons, exploring multiple issues, and providing explanations.
While this hasn't been explicitly stated and remains speculative, some wonder if Google might eventually (and more likely in terms of years rather than months) introduce AI mode as the default search engine. This could potentially "overturn" the way we approach internet searching as we know it.
Although other search results remain accessible, in many cases, the compiled Gemini answer, tailored to the specifics of a query, might be more valuable for the user. In the end, what Google users likely care most about is the answer itself, not necessarily the source upon which it was based—as long as its credibility can be established beforehand.
