Google Search is getting AI agents that will monitor the web for you
Google has announced significant updates to its Search platform, introducing AI agents and a redesigned search box. The new search box features AI-powered suggestions and accepts various input types, while information agents will monitor the web for relevant updates. Additionally, Google is enhancing its coding capabilities to allow users to create custom apps and dashboards easily.
- ▪Google's new search box is the biggest update in over 25 years, dynamically expanding and offering AI-powered suggestions.
- ▪Information agents will continuously scan the web and notify users of relevant changes, launching first for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers this summer.
- ▪The new Antigravity platform enables Search to generate custom UI and mini apps tailored to specific queries.
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- ▪ Google announces glasses are back and search is getting an AI makeover — World news | The Guardian
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| Original publisher | Digital Trends |
| Canonical URL | https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-search-is-getting-ai-agents-that-will-monitor-the-web-for-you/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 19 May 2026 20:33:18 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-19T20:34:58.112Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-19T20:34:58.112Z |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
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| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
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| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Google I/O 2026 This story is part of our complete Google I/O coverage Updated less than 0 just now ago Google used its I/O 2026 keynote to announce a major overhaul of Search, introducing AI agents, a redesigned search box, and agentic coding capabilities that can generate custom apps and dashboards on the fly. A new search box The most visible change is a revamped search box that Google is calling the biggest update to the service in over 25 years. The new box dynamically expands as you type, offers AI-powered suggestions that go beyond autocomplete, and accepts text, images, files, videos, and Chrome tabs as inputs. Introducing our brand new, intelligent Search box — totally reimagined with AI.
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