Google’s AI Mode goes prime time, a direct answer to ChatGPT Search

The search giant plans to add new visual search, a search agent, and new personalization features this summer.

Google is rapidly expanding its AI search capabilities, as reflected in the announcements it made Tuesday at its Google I/O developer conference. The search giant announced the general availability of AI Mode, its chatbot-format AI search product; some changes to its AI Overviews search results; and its plans to add new visual and agentic search features this summer.