{"id":135462,"date":"2026-08-10T22:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/135462\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:02:09","slug":"google-tests-hiding-search-to-ai-features-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/135462\/","title":{"rendered":"Google tests hiding Search to AI features instead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google is running a test in Search that removes the eponymous button in favour of promoting AI features.<\/p>\n

As first spotted by Search Engine Watch<\/a>, some Google users have been seeing a version of Google\u2019s website that features buttons for three AI features in place of Search: \u201cCreate images,\u201d \u201cAsk about files,\u201d and \u201cBrainstorm.\u201d (Curiously, \u201cI\u2019m Feeling Lucky\u201d remains, however.)<\/p>\n

The names in the new Search layout are pretty self-explanatory; the first two features allow you to use AI to generate images or answer questions related to files, respectively, while the last one can seemingly start a chatbot exchange about a given topic. Search Engine Watch\u00a0notes that Google\u2019s homepage is changing for some users depending on if they\u2019re signed into their Google accounts, with some who are logged out getting these AI features alongside the search box. After signing in, they vanished.<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, I\u2019m not getting this alternate version of Search on my MacBook Air in the Greater Toronto Area, even when I\u2019m signed out of my Google account. Here\u2019s an image of what the retooled Search looks like, courtesy of Search Engine Watch:<\/p>\n

\"Google<\/p>\n

Image credit: Search Engine Watch<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear how widespread these tests are or whether Google even plans to roll them out widely.\u00a0Either way, it\u2019s yet another sign of how the tech giant has been shoving AI into Search, even though it\u2019s had disastrous results. In a report last month, Cloudflare outlined how Google AI is killing the internet<\/a>, from driving many people away from websites to spreading misinformation with its AI Overviews in Search.<\/p>\n

Source: Search Engine Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

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