AI Mode

May 23, 2011 - Tech media outlet The Verge published a blog post yesterday (May 22) reporting that the News / Media Alliance (News / Media Alliance) slammed Google's AI Mode as a move to deprive publishers of traffic and revenue, calling it "theft". At Tuesday's I/O developer conference, Google announced the rollout of AI Mode to all users in the U.S. The feature is embedded directly into a new tab on the search page, where users type in a query and the system generates an AI response with a link to the relevant...

May 2, 2011 - Google Inc. announced in a blog post yesterday (May 1) that it is phasing in a dedicated AI Mode tab for Google Search, and has invited a handful of U.S. users to test the experience, with plans to expand the test in the coming weeks. Note: AI Mode is available as a standalone option for Google Search, alongside the existing News, Images and Shopping tabs, providing users with AI-generated answers directly in the search interface. The feature has previously been running in a test environment at Google Labs, with the core technology relying on Google...