Google's Cathy Edwards speaks at the Google I/O event on Wednesday.
Google's Cathy Edwards speaks at the Google I/O event on Wednesday.
  • Google's new AI-driven search will look and feel different from the familiar list of search results.
  • Users will be able to interact with the search bar in a conversational way and get AI-generated responses.
  • The new search feature is one of many AI-driven tools Google announced Wednesday.

Google's classic search engine is getting an AI makeover.

For over two decades, the search site has been defined by a plain search bar and a list of results.

At its 2023 Google I/O event on Wednesday, the tech giant unveiled an AI-driven search engine with the overall goal of making "search smarter and searching simpler."