Google is preparing to publicly unleash its AI Mode search engine tool for the first time. The company announced today that “a small percentage” of people in the US will start seeing an AI Mode tab in Google Search “in the coming weeks,” allowing users to test the search-centric chatbot outside of Google’s experimental Labs environment.

Google today announced that it is starting to roll out a dedicated AI Mode tab for Google Search. A "small percentage" of people in

AI Mode now features visual cards for local businesses. That means you’ll now see ratings, reviews, real-time prices, photos, inventory updates, and more directly within your AI-generated results. For instance,