Google rolls out AI-generated, summarized search results in US

At its annual I/O developer conference, company also revealed AI assistant in progress under working name Project Astra

Google will use artificial intelligence to return summarized responses to search engine queries from US users as it continues to infuse generative AI into its most widely used products.

The company has been testing “AI overviews” that appear at the tops of search results, summaries created by its Gemini AI model that appear alongside the traditional link-based search results.