What will Gemini AI do in web search? Google announces chatbot extension [Video]

Google is set to make its Gemini AI programme more prominent within the Android network in the latest step in the battle for chatbot supremacy. 

“With new generative AI capabilities in search, we’re now taking more of the work out of searching, so you’ll be able to understand a topic faster, uncover new viewpoints and insights, and get things done more easily,” a statement read. 

The change means that, with the flick of a switch, you can get an artificial response in written text to your query. For example, searching ‘Best restaurants in Camden’ into Google search will bring up news articles ranking them. 

But the same search, run through Gemini, will bring up a list that amalgamates all of these – offering tips from Open Table, Tripadvisor, and Design My Night. “Camden has a wide variety of restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets,” the chatbot helpfully states. 

Rather than, at present, needing to access the separate …