The future of AI search is Google’s to lose – Computerworld

Results tend to be very high quality. AI Mode uses what’s called a “query fan-out” technique to handle complex searches. It turns a prompt into multiple related queries targeting different subtopics and data sources, and the results are then combined into a single, detailed response that covers more ground than a traditional search.

It also uses a method called agentic reinforcement learning, developed with Google’s DeepMind group, to improve the accuracy of its AI-generated responses. This technique rewards the model for producing statements that are more likely to be correct and supported by reliable sources, such as Google’s Knowledge Graph or live web data, while also encouraging the retrieval of additional factual information.

Despite all this, Google warns that AI Mode can hallucinate, lie, give opinions instead of facts, and generally misbehave in the ways AI chatbots sometimes do.