Google Wants Search To Stop Answering And Start Acting

Close-up of a person's hand holding an iPhone and using Google AI Mode, an experimental mode utilizing artificial intelligence and large language models to process Google search queries, Lafayette, California, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Gado via Getty Images At Google I/O 2026, Google moved AI agents and advanced model capabilities into search by letting users call on agents “just by asking a question.” It called the new AI-powered Search box the biggest upgrade to Search in more than 25 years.

Google Wants Search To Stop Answering And Start Acting. Close-up of a person's hand holding an iPhone and using Google AI Mode, an experimental mode utilizing artificial intelligence and large language models to process Google search queries, Lafayette, California, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Gado via Getty Images At Google I/O 2026, Google moved AI agents and advanced model capabilities into search by letting users call on agents “just by asking a question.” It called the new AI-powered Search box the biggest upgrade to Search in more than 25 years. Search is the reason for Google’s creation, but the company has always said that its business purpose is to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” In the era of agentic AI, this means that it’s about doing more than...