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===Integration of AI features onto the search engine=== | ===Integration of AI features onto the search engine=== | ||
Since 2023, along with the boom and | Since 2023, along with the boom and pushes to generative [[AI]], Google introduced AI-powered features onto the search engine, such as AI Overview and AI Mode. These features have caused several controversies and criticism either from users and publishers, highlighting aspects such as the inability to turn these AI features off, [[wikipedia:Hallucination_(artificial_intelligence)|hallucinations]] provided by the AI that give false information to the user, the high resource consumption and environmental impact <ref>{{Cite web |last=Darley |first=James |date=2 Jun 2026 |title=What is the True Energy Cost of Google Search’s AI Overview? |url=https://energydigital.com/news/what-is-the-true-energy-cost-of-google-searchs-ai-overview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/n6f4L |archive-date=2026-06-02 |access-date=2 Jun 2026 |website=Energy Digital}}</ref>, reduction of human traffic on sites, potential information control and result biases, and privacy concerns.{{Citation needed|date=25 May 2026}} | ||
====AI Overview (2023)==== | ====AI Overview (2023)==== | ||