Love it or hate it, Google's AI Mode has revamped the way you search for information. Instead of presenting you with tens of thousands of website links, Google serves up an AI-generated overview and summary of the results.
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That can save you time and labor by cutting to the chase. But it can also steer you away from the publishers and websites that do the actual work and potentially provide inaccurate information as AI is prone to do.
Clearly seeing AI-powered search as the future, Google is enhancing its AI Mode with four new features. Covering a range of tasks, the new options are designed to appeal to a variety of people, some of whom may not yet be sold on the concept.
1. Ask questions about your images
First up, you'll be able to ask questions about uploaded images. Initially available just in the Google app for Android and iOS, this capability is now rolling out on the Google search page in desktop browsers.
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To give this a whirl when it's live, switch to AI Mode on Google's search engine. Click the button to upload an image and pose your question. In response, Google's AI will analyze the image, check any relevant information online, and then hopefully answer your query. The AI will also serve up links to websites used for the research.
But the new feature won't be limited to images. In the coming weeks, Google also will support PDF file uploads. And in the coming months, the company promises to add other types of files, including those from your Google Drive storage.
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