United Kingdom, Sept. 9 -- Google could be swapping traditional search results for AI as its default setting.

The tech giant's current AI Mode uses both Gemini AI and real-time search time for direct answers, rather than the list of links people have grown used to.

Lead product manager Logan Kilpatrick has suggested on X that the AI version could soon be the norm.

A user on the social media platform said: "It must be the default. I know it's scary, but one more click means infinity.

"This is Google's Kodak moment. I hope you learned from history books."

Logan simply replied: "Soon :)"

As well as being a tab in Google Search, AI Mode has also been given its own dedicated homepage, which could be a precursor to the "default" move.

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