New Delhi, June 13 -- People turn to the internet to run billions of search queries each year. These range from keeping tabs on world events and celebrities to learning new words and getting DIY help.

One of the most popular questions Australians recently asked was: "How to inspect a used car?".

If you asked Google this at the beginning of 2024, you would have been served a list of individual search results and the order would have depended on several factors. If you asked the same question at the end of the year, the experience would be completely different.

That's because Google, which controls about 94 per cent of the Australian search engine market, introduced "AI Overviews" to Australia in October 2024. These AI-generated search ...