Google Introduces Gemini 2.0 and Experimental AI-Only Search Mode

The updates aim to enhance complex query handling and multimodal capabilities, while raising concerns among publishers about traffic and AI accuracy.

Google has upgraded its AI Overviews with Gemini 2.0 in the U.S., improving performance for coding, advanced mathematics, and multimodal searches.
AI Overviews will now appear more frequently and no longer require users to sign in, expanding access to teenagers and other users.
An experimental 'AI Mode,' accessible to Google One AI Premium subscribers, replaces traditional search results with comprehensive AI-generated summaries.
AI Mode leverages advanced reasoning and multimodal capabilities to handle complex queries and allows follow-up questions for deeper exploration.
Concerns persist over the potential impact on web traffic for publishers and the accuracy of AI-generated responses, despite Google's built-in safeguards.