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TL;DR Google has updated AI Mode and AI Overviews in Gemini-powered Search with new features that provide more context about topics being searched about.
AI Overviews has five updates, including links directly within AI responses, previews of linked websites, links to sources highlighted as subscriptions, links to in-depth articles for further research, and quotes from public forums.
These new updates come on the heels of Gemini receiving Proactive Assistance and a UI redesign that’s slowly rolling out.
AI is growing smarter, more powerful, and even more helpful by the day — so much so that Google has updated AI Mode and AI Overviews in Gemini-powered Search to provide more context into topics you’re searching about.
Google is sharing the details on five updates it has given AI Mode and AI Overviews within Search. These include providing more links directly within AI responses, giving previews of linked websites when you hover over links on desktop, quotes from social media discussions, links to in-depth articles in response to searches for information about certain topics, and links to news sources that are highlighted as subscriptions.
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When you ask how certain cities have implemented more green space, for example, AI Overviews will provide a “Further Exploration” box complete with links to in-depth articles written by different sources to provide more context. It will also ask whether you want to focus on research data from a specific city or elsewhere.
If you’re subscribed to news outlets you trust, such as Rolling Stone or even local publications like Miami Herald, and you’re inquiring about recent events, you’ll get links to sources that are labeled as your subscriptions along with those that aren’t. This will help you click links from former sources more often than the latter.
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