Google’s AI Overview provides a unique list of cited pages

Google AI Overview for 6 New CountriesThere will also be a change to how citations are displayed in the generated summaries: instead of placing the relevant webpages directly in the AI-generated summaries, Google will add a new display to the right of the response that will give cited webpages more prominent display.

The new format is rolling out today and can be found on mobile by selecting the site icon that appears in the top right corner of the AI ​​summary. “We’re using the space on the right to prominently display links to the AI ​​summary so users can navigate to the content they’re interested in,” said Hema Budaraju, senior director of search product management at Google. The VergeGoogle will continue to show regular search results below the AI ​​summary.

Google is also experimenting with attaching links to text in AI Overviews. Clicking on the linked text will take you to related websites, as well as web pages that Google will surface in a new right-hand display. So far, Google says initial tests have shown “positive” results, leading to “increased traffic to publisher sites.”

Other features that Google is introducing to the AI ​​summaries in Search Labs include the ability to save your AI summaries so that you can review them again when you do the same search. Google will store your saved AI summaries in Interest page.

Additionally, Google has added a button that allows users to easily get an overview of AI. Previewed earlier this yearBoth of these features are available in US English language searches within the Search Labs “AI Overview and More” experiment.

Asked what steps Google takes to prevent these kinds of answers from appearing in other countries or languages, Hema Budaraju, senior director of search product management at Google, said the company “conducts a rigorous evaluation process and extensive adversarial testing in every market,” adding that “quality and safety are built into the design of our AI overviews.”

“We don’t know if there’s one single way to search and answer every question people in the world have, but we’re committed to actively learning and listening,” Budaraju says.