Google's AI Overview broke the Internet this year — is AI ready to replace search?

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It was a sunny afternoon in Mountain View, California on May 14, 2024, when Google changed the course of the Internet forever.

Google's Liz Reid, Vice President and Head of Google Search, took the stage a little over 40 minutes into the keynote presentation at Google I/O to unveil one of the most controversial search updates Google has ever launched.