Google‘s AI Overviews are rolling out to over 100 more countries today, including Australia and New Zealand, bringing the algorithmically generated search summaries to millions more users five months after its US launch. It seems pretty safe to say the search giant considers the feature a success.
“We can actually do better than what’s on your Search page,” Hema Budaraju, Google’s Senior Director of Product Management for Search, told Mashable.
Rather than completely replace your standard Google Search, Budaraju stated that AI Overviews are intended to be a “jumping off point” for further investigation, quickly addressing questions that are more complex, nuanced, or have no immediate answer. As such, they may not appear for more straightforward questions which are satisfactorily answered by the Search results page.
“We add AI Overviews where we believe that it has additional value,” said Budaraju.
Noting that AI Overviews have been tested “extensively,” Budaraju emphasised …