Google’s AI-heavy Google I/O keynote may have come to an end, but Gemini still has a long way to go before it can turn Google’s AI dreams into reality. While many of Google’s AI features are still months away, the AI Overviews feature is already live for all US users.
How to Disable SGE Generative AI in Google Search
Google is only going to add more AI features to the search page in the future. This includes the ability to ask longer, more complex questions or even organize the entire search page into different sections using AI. If that seems like too much for you, there is something you can do about it.
While they were rolling out all their new AI features, Google also introduced something that helps you go back – way back. There’s now a new, easy-to-miss button at the top of the search results page that’s simply labeled “Web.” When you go there, Google will just show you text links to websites, just like in the good old days (although they may contain sponsored ads).
The irony that you have to click a button called Web to get results for a web search is not lost on me. Still, it will be a useful feature for anyone who prefers the old-fashioned Google Search approach, which only showed you the best results from across the web, consisting of trusted sites.