The move follows Google’s launch of its own AI chatbot, Bard, which would likely act as the basis for any conversational AI integrated into the search engine. Bard is billed as Google’s prototypal AI and will be replaced by “newer, more capable models” over time.

“Bard is a direct interface to an LLM, and we think of it as a complementary experience to Google Search,” Google said in its announcement of Bard’s launch last month. “Bard is designed so that you can easily visit Search to check its responses or explore sources across the web.”

Even then, the company subtly said it would be “thoughtfully integrating” Bard into the search engine eventually, though there doesn’t seem to be an exact timeline for when that’ll happen. Follow The Drop NYC For Updates.