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Chrome's AI Mode now displays a linked site next to your search window.
The goal is to cut down on the many tabs you have to juggle.
You can also reference multiple recent tabs in a new search.
Running a Google search typically shows me the AI overview with an AI-generated summary of the information I want. Since AI isn't always accurate, I make sure to click on some of the links to the third-party sources to investigate them directly. But in the past, this was a clumsy process as each link would open in a separate tab, forcing me to juggle multiple tabs. Now, a new change to AI Mode cuts down on that type of tab clutter.
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Rolling out to Google Chrome on Thursday is an upgrade to AI Mode that lets you focus on each search result you visit without losing your train of thought. With the new search mode, any website you visit by clicking its link opens side-by-side with your AI Mode screen. This means you can view your search window and the site you visit together on one page. You can then ask Google follow-up questions while still viewing the third-party site.
"Now, when you're using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link opens the web page side-by-side with AI Mode," Google said in a new blog post. "This makes it much easier to visit relevant websites, compare details, and ask follow-up questions while still maintaining the context of your search."
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