TechCrunch: “The era of the “ten blue links” is officially over. At its Google I/O conference on Tuesday, Google unveiled an AI-powered overhaul of Search centered around a reimagined “intelligent search box” — what the company describes as the biggest change to this entry point to the web since the search box debuted more than 25 years ago. Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times [I have begged readers to leave Google for over a decade, to no avail…maybe now you will?] Google is also introducing tools that can dispatch “information agents” to gather information on a user’s behalf, along with tools that let users build personalized mini apps tailored to their needs…”

See also The Verge: “…Google doing everything also means a lot of the web that Google relies on collapses under it. If Google Search doesn’t send traffic to publishers or websites who need visitors to make money — something that is already happening at a rapid rate, thanks Google Zero! — what will Search learn from, and where will it point people to? If YouTube’s AI Mode-like feature stops people from browsing videos, how will creators who lose their audience be able to support themselves to make more videos? Google may not care — it increasingly seems to just want a search bar that can do it all, no matter the cost…”