Google AI Summaries Now Featured in Discover Feed

Google's AI-generated summaries have expanded to the Discover feed, as confirmed by Google to TechCrunch. The AI Overviews are now available on the news feed in the Google app for iOS and Android. These summaries provide a snapshot of news stories from various outlets based on the user's search history.

In the Discover feed, AI Overviews display a summary of a news story covered by multiple outlets, with publisher logos indicating the sources. Clicking on the module reveals a list of related stories.

Google mentioned that AI Overviews in the Discover feed will initially focus on sports and entertainment, but examples of AI-generated summaries for politics stories have also been observed.

The introduction of Overviews in the Discover feed adds to Google's efforts in incorporating AI-generated summaries across its search platform. From summaries on the search page to the People Also Ask section, Google's AI Overviews now reach over 1.5 billion users monthly. Additionally, Google has introduced AI Mode, an alternative search feature powered by an AI chatbot.

Despite Google downplaying concerns about the impact of AI features on publisher traffic, reports suggest a decline in organic search traffic for major news outlets and bloggers. An analysis by SimilarWeb indicated a 26% decrease in organic search traffic since the launch of AI Overviews.

Google has announced that AI Overviews in the Discover feed will focus on lifestyle topics in the U.S., such as sports and entertainment. However, observed summaries have covered hard news topics like documentaries and political appointments.

Google has not provided details on the specific topics that will be summarized by generative AI.

According to the source: Mashable.