Google's 'I'm feeling lucky' button might soon be replaced by AI mode

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Even luck can't escape being replaced by AI. Since its inception, Google Search has had an "I'm feeling lucky" button alongside the regular search button. Instead of taking you to a page of results for your search, the lucky button takes you straight to the site for the first result. It was a time-saving trick in the days of slower internet, but now it's more of a playful throwback. Also: Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro update makes the AI model even better at coding Over the past several days, users have reported that the lucky button is gone. In its place is a button for AI mode. Instead of taking you to actual search results, AI mode opens a chatbot that gives you information about what you searched for and lets you have a conversation to learn more (given its AI history, though, perhaps a simple rebrand to "I'm feeling unlucky" is more apt). At least one editor at ZDNET has seen AI Mode replace the "I'm feeling lucky" button, as shown in the screenshot abo ... Read full article.