Google recently started testing a new feature on the Chrome browser that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to summarize web pages. This feature is called Search Generative Experience (SGE) while browsing and is part of Google Search’s experimental version ‘Search Generative Experience’ (SGE).
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This feature is designed to help read longer articles. When the user visits an article page, Chrome shows a ‘Generate’ button. On clicking this button, the browser generates a summary of the main information of the article with the help of AI.
This feature enables users to access important information without the need to read long articles. AI-generated bullet point lists contain article information, with links that take you directly to the part you’re searching for.
Google says that this feature will be available only on certain webpages. This will only work for articles that are available for free on the internet. This feature will not work for paywalled content, as Google wants publishers to have control over their content.
SGE Wild Browsing is currently available as part of a Search Labs experiment, allowing users to test the feature. Google says that this feature will soon be available on Android and iOS apps and desktop Chrome. It will be interesting to see how much users are able to take advantage of this new AI feature.
Many major tech companies like Google and Microsoft are working towards integrating AI into their services. AI assistive tools can help users find and understand information. However, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of AI generated content remains a challenge.
Some experts believe that AI summary generating tools could pose a threat to authors and publishers, as readers may be satisfied with just reading the summary and will not access the original content. This may affect the earnings of authors and publishers.
On the other hand, Google says that this feature will work only for free content, so it will not harm authors and publishers. In fact, this feature can help drive readers to authors’ content.
In the coming time, it will be clear whether AI summary generating tools will actually prove beneficial for readers and writers or not. Right now Google has only started testing it. Hopefully, more useful and safe methods of AI will be discovered in the future that will work in the interest of both users and content creators.
