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AI Overviews
AI Overviews are the AI-written summaries Google shows at the top of some search results, with links to the pages they draw on.
Also called Google AI Overviews, Search Generative Experience, SGE
In more detail
Google tested the feature as the Search Generative Experience before launching AI Overviews widely in 2024. They are generated by Gemini models from pages in Google’s index.
They can be handy for quick answers but have produced well-publicised errors, so treat them like any other AI search answer and check the linked sources.
Related terms
AI search engineAn AI search engine answers your question directly in a written summary built from web pages, instead of only showing a list of links.GeminiGemini is Google’s family of AI models and the name of its AI assistant app, which replaced Google Bard in 2024.GroundingGrounding means tying an AI’s answer to specific, trusted sources, such as search results or your documents, instead of relying only on what it memorised.AI hallucinationAn AI hallucination is when an AI confidently gives an answer that is false or made up, such as a fake fact, quote or source.
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