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Is this really new? Haven't they been using soft computing methods since, basically forever?

How long until this takes over the api's that metasearch engines like Duck Duck Go, Kagi, and searchxng need?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

That future is apparently here: Google is starting to roll out “AI Overviews,” previously known as the Search Generative Experience, or SGE, to users in the US and soon around the world.

Reid ticks off a list of features aimed at making that happen, all of which Google announced publicly on Tuesday at its I/O developer conference.

It’s not really beneficial to add AI.” Where she figures Gemini can be most helpful is in more complex situations, the sort of things you’d either need to do a bunch of searches for or never even go to Google for in the first place.

(You hear this one a lot in AI because it can be tricky to wade through tons of same-y listings and reviews to find something actually good.)

With Gemini, she says, “we can do things like ‘Find the best yoga or pilates studio in Boston rated over four stars within a half-hour walk of Beacon Hill.’” Maybe, she continues, you also want details on which has the best offers for first-timers.

As AI has come for search, products like Perplexity and Arc have come under scrutiny for combing and summarizing the web without directing users to the actual sources of information.

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I was wondering who could defeat google, looks like Google is up to the task

We've leant nothing from the Terminator movies.....this AI bollocks is everywhere..🤦🏻‍♂️