Google introduced an experimental version of its search engine that replaces the traditional 10 blue links with an AI-generated summary on Wednesday.
This new feature, available to Google One AI Premium subscribers, can be accessed through the search results page by selecting the "AI Mode" tab, located next to other options such as Images and Maps, reports Reuters.
"We've heard from power users that they want AI responses for even more of their searches," Robby Stein, a vice president of product, said in a blog post.
Google One AI Premium is a $19.99 per month plan that provides extra cloud storage and special access to some AI features.
Google currently displays AI Overviews, summaries that are increasingly appearing atop the traditional hyperlinks to relevant webpages, for users in more than 100 countries. It began adding advertisements to AI Overviews last May.
With AI Mode, users see a more comprehensive AI summary with hyperlinks to cited webpages. The 10 blue links have been replaced by a search bar for asking follow-up questions.
Google said AI Mode is being powered by a custom version of its Gemini 2.0 model with reasoning capabilities that make it better equipped to handle complex queries.
Google has made integrating AI into search its biggest bet, investment chief Ruth Porat said at the Reuters NEXT conference in December.
Bd-pratidin English/ Afia
