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AI in Google Search is really here.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai just announced that the AI-generated summaries, now known as “AI Overviews,” will be launching to everyone in the US “this week,” with more countries coming soon.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai presenting AI Overviews
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