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Google聽has聽announced that it聽has聽overhauled聽its search engine to be entirely聽powered聽by its Gemini 3.5 Flash聽artificial intelligence聽model.聽Users will no longer聽be prompted to choose their search mode; instead, the search box聽will聽operate聽more like a聽conversation,聽with聽the option聽for users聽to聽ask聽follow-up聽questions.聽The changes聽are set to take effect on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.聽

麻豆传媒网站 experts are available to discuss this topic.聽

Nabil Beitinjaneh聽is聽a program co-ordinator for the Data Science and Data Analytics programs at the School of Continuing Studies.聽He can comment on聽how AI-led search may fundamentally聽shift聽how users find, interpret and trust information online from聽active searching (hunting and evaluation) to passive answer consumption (accepting the聽information the聽AI聽provides).聽聽

He can also discuss聽how聽increases聽in聽the computational power聽required聽for聽AI search聽carry聽globally significant ecological costs.聽

nabil.beitinjaneh [at] mcgill.ca聽(English, French)聽

Emmanuelle Vaast聽is the Desautels 1 Chair in Digital Technology Management, Professor of Information Systems and Associate Dean of Research at the Desautels Faculty of Management.聽She can discuss聽considerations for researchers and critical thinking, as well as potential聽downstream聽effects for businesses,聽such as changing how search engine optimization works.聽

emmanuelle.vaast [at] mcgill.ca聽(English, French)聽