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Google plans to test search and shopping ads in its AI Overviews, drawing from advertisers' existing campaigns; AI Overviews rolled out to US users last week

Wired Paresh Dave

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  • @laurengoode Lauren Goode on threads
    That happened fast: “Screenshots released by Google show how a user asking how to get wrinkles out of clothes might get an AI-generated summary of tips sourced from the web, with a carousel of ads underneath for sprays that purport to help crisp up a wardrobe.” https://www.wired.…
  • @crumbler Casey Newton on threads
    I think we can all agree that this was the one piece missing to make AI overviews truly great
  • @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x
    The most important job at Google is responsibility for monetizing AI-based search. Monetization is all that stops Google from going all in on being an answer engine versus hanging on to ten blue links. If they figure it out then the window of opportunity for disruption closes. [i…
  • @mikeisaac Rat King on x
    @Carnage4Life harder problem than people are currently giving it credit for and google's pat answers to reporters are not satisfying to me they would have blasted this shit out to everyone a year ago when OAI first spooked them if their early tests hadn't tanked monetization
  • r/technology r on reddit
    Google Search's New AI Overviews Will Soon Have Ads