Google Tests AI-Powered Search Mode With Employees 12
Google has begun internal testing of a new "AI Mode" for its search engine, powered by its Gemini 2.0 AI model, according to a company email seen by technology news site 9to5Google. The feature, which appears alongside existing filters like Images and News, creates a chatbot-like interface for handling complex queries and follow-up questions.
It generates detailed responses with web links displayed in a card format on the right side of the screen. AI Mode targets exploratory searches such as product comparisons and how-to questions that traditional search results may not effectively address. The company is currently testing the feature with U.S.-based employees, with CEO Sundar Pichai indicating a possible launch this year.
It generates detailed responses with web links displayed in a card format on the right side of the screen. AI Mode targets exploratory searches such as product comparisons and how-to questions that traditional search results may not effectively address. The company is currently testing the feature with U.S.-based employees, with CEO Sundar Pichai indicating a possible launch this year.
In other news (Score:2)
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In other news, tech unemployment rate has dropped to 2%. https://www.computerworld.com/... [computerworld.com] Those poor ex-Googlers won't have any trouble finding jobs. Maybe not at the 300K they're used to, but the jobs are there at more competitive rates, like 100-150K.
Enshtification acellerates (Score:4, Insightful)
Just give me the google search of 5 years ago. What they have now is way less useful than it used to be.
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What they have now isn't usable.
I stopped using them in early 2023.
5? (Score:2)
5 yrs. ago? Not far enough. 15 yrs. ;)
Pretty much done with Google (Score:4, Informative)
They broke my trust so many times and at the same time, their main offering (Search Results) are so corrupted as to be nearly worthless. I used them less between 2020 and 2022 and finally quit using Google entirely for search in early 2023.
The results are no good, google fu stopped working, the results include advertising... the results *ARE* disguised advertising... and they track everything I ask about and feed me ads on other unrelated sites.
I can't see using google again for search. It's a waste of time. And they are evil.
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So ... (Score:3, Interesting)
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I tried to like Perplexity and just couldn't make good use of it. Maybe I was doing something wrong but the responses I got were rarely any good.
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I tried to like Perplexity and just couldn't make good use of it. Maybe I was doing something wrong but the responses I got were rarely any good.
My mileage varies. I tend to try it if Google fails me first. Or if I am looking for something very obscure.
getting worse not better (Score:2)
Every Gemini-generated search result I see is further from the facts than the last one. Their AI is becoming less useful, not more.
Eat your own dog(food) (Score:2)
As accurate as Google's AI currently is, it will probably get it almost right and tell the employees to eat their own dog.