Google has introduced an experimental feature called Search Generative Experience (SGE) that uses AI to summarize search results, aiming to make search queries more complex and conversational. SGE is currently only available to people who sign up for Google’s waitlist on its Search Labs, where AI summaries appear right under the search box. The author of the article found the SGE responses generally accurate but cluttered with extra information, such as source information displayed as cards and potential follow-up prompts. The author criticized the SGE feature for its slow loading times, with some search results taking up to six seconds to load, which he found frustrating compared to the instant results of traditional Google Search. The SGE feature also returned error messages for some of the top-searched terms, such as "YouTube," "Amazon," "Wordle," "Twitter," and "Roblox," stating that an AI-powered overview was not available for these searches.
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