Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into

[rcjordan]

AI-powered interactive experiences at times. 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.

The resulting experience will no longer look much like how people envision Google Search, which has long been defined by ranked links to websites that have the information you need.

With the revamped Search experience, the new search box simply expands to accommodate longer, more conversational queries, rather than making you decide what type of search experience or mode you want to choose at the start of your query. It will also have a new AI-powered query suggestion system that goes beyond autocomplete to help people craft more complex and nuanced queries, Google says.

....Combined, these changes will likely further decimate Google referrals to publishers, which have already been suffering from declining referrals due to AI Overviews. This has put some ad-dependent media operations out of business, and now things will likely get worse.

There's little time left for publishers to adapt.

Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/

[rcjordan]

A couple of months ago, we discussed G using ai (then insets) to keep everyone on page . 

"Then, we discuss how Google Search is evolving — or put more plainly, being stuffed with AI features that turn Google into your final destination when browsing the web."

We react to Google I/O 2026 | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/934202/we-react-to-google-i-o-2026

They nailed it.

[Drastic]

Yeah this is going to be big. In G's words, bigger than the search box debut itself. Shit's about to change in a major way for search.

We'll be talking to ai instead of reading serps. They claim a full rollout this summer.

Whether this fully takes hold or transforms to something else, and when exactly that happens is up in the air, what we have right now today will be gone.