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Google is revamping Search with AI, and its CEO says there’s room for improvement.<\/p>\n

Read more How to fix AI\u2019s branding problem, according to top marketers<\/a><\/p>\n

Sundar Pichai was shown the results from a Google Search query for “best Chromebook” during an appearance on the “Decoder with Nilay Patel” podcast on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

As Patel, the host, scrolled through the results in front of Pichai, it showed how much Google has evolved from a simple search engine \u2014 and how the company is still finetuning the role that AI plays.<\/p>\n

Google’s AI Overview said the best option was the Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714. Lower down, the first organic search result \u2014 from Reddit \u2014 had a different response.<\/p>\n

When asked whether he thought that specific Search experience was good, Pichai had notes.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s probably more opinionated than it should be for the particular query you showed me,” Pichai said.<\/p>\n

Google did not respond immediately to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Pichai’s perspective \u2014 that the AI Overview in this particular query shows “scope for improvement” \u2014 comes as Google takes its AI drive a step further by incorporating elements from its AI Mode and new features into Search.<\/p>\n

These include the ability to ask follow-up questions, as well as “information agents” that can automatically run searches for users \u2014 a feature expected to roll out in the summer.<\/p>\n

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Pichai said there is “some chance” the Chromebook query has been personalized to Patel’s Search use, which is why it appears opinionated.<\/p>\n

“You may be testing it in a way that you’re uniquely personalizing \u2014 you are the reason that query might not be exactly representative,” Pichai told Patel.<\/p>\n

Google’s sweeping changes to Search have been criticized by some who do not want the engine to become more personalized. Others, including Business Insider’s Katie Notopoulos,have described it as a potential death knell for the internet due to the additional decline it could cause in website traffic.<\/p>\n

It also comes at a time of growing backlash against AI, from graduates booing tech CEOs during speeches and protests about data centers. <\/p>\n

Pichai said in the podcast episode that they had added more website links to the AI Overview since launching the feature.<\/p>\n

“Through it all, we are very committed to both meeting user expectations and also getting them, connecting them to what’s out on the web,” Pichai said.<\/p>\n

Read more OpenAI is building a new kind of ad machine. Early data suggests Google should worry.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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