The sponsored AI Overview ads will appear below the organic AI-generated answer. Will this positioning be good or bad for advertisers?

Seeing how relevant AI has become across Google in such a short period is certainly interesting and this new addition of ads is the perfect example. The goal is to ensure users st

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is beginning a wide rollout of ads that will be displayed within and alongside the AI-generated summaries that appear at the top of some search results — a move meant to show investors that costly artificial intelligence projects can generate revenue.

Google is rolling out a redesigned AI Overviews experience — with ads — and expanding its test of AI-organized results pages.

Google has officially launched the addition of serving ads in AI Overviews. This was originally previewed at the 2024 Google Marketing Live event.

The other search tool for which the company is rolling out an interface refresh is Lens. It’s a suite of computer vision features in Google’s mobile app that can automatically recognize objects in images. Lens also lends itself to a number of related tasks, such as translating street signs.

How big a fan are you of Google's AI Overviews? They're the little AI-generated boxes that appear after you search for something that aims to answer your queries faster. They had a phase where the AI overviews were hilariously bad,