Google to revamp search with generative AI tools, but gradually

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, US, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Google introduced a new large language model, used for training artificial intelligence tools like chatbots, known as PaLM 2, and said it has already woven it into many of the Internet search company's marquee products. — Bloomberg

For months, Google has been under pressure to reinvent its core search business and respond to the rise of artificial intelligence programs that can generate content. On May 10, Google started introducing more to the public – slowly.

At its annual developer conference, Google unveiled a version of its search engine that uses large language models, AI tools that are trained on enormous volumes of text to answer users’ queries conversationally.