Google's AI Mode Is Changing How You Search. So What Is It?

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A new tab is in your Google Search bar, and it feels a lot more like an AI chatbot than a traditional search engine.

Google started testing AI Mode earlier this year and announced the full rollout at its I/O developers conference in May. It ...