Searching with AI is easy. Don’t do it.

Searching with AI is easy. Don’t do it.

Last year, Google added a new feature to its search engine called “AI Overviews.” This feature uses Gemini, Google’s proprietary large-language model (LLM), to generate responses to users’ queries. Google controls over 90 percent of the search engine market share, and when “AI Overviews” debuted, it immediately became the subject of intense praise and scrutiny from the engine’s massive user base. LLMs fundamentally change the ways people use the…