Google’s vision for artificial intelligence (AI) is to do a lot of the searching for internet users.
It is rolling out an AI mode to its search engine, providing US-based users with a chatbot-style interface and curating search results.
It is also teaching users how to use its Project Mariner tool, which can complete up to 10 tasks simultaneously on the web and can be taught to repeat tasks.
All these tools rely on what the company calls its “query fanout technique”, which breaks down search queries into subtopics and carries out multiple searches to obtain the most relevant information.
This summer, a “Deep Search” feature will be added to the AI mode, allowing the search engine to make dozens or even hundreds of searches on the user’s behalf.