New Delhi, July 5 -- I come from the era of Lycos, Yahoo and AltaVista. And I find it amusing that we have a generation of people who will probably say - what are those? For over two decades, Google search has worked by indexing websites, like a massive library catalog. It scanned and stored pages and then showed you that list of blue links to click.

Finding what you want can often be frustrating: it's up to you to sort out relevant and useful links from junk, scams and ads. But it's familiar.

With the world busy being transformed by AI, it's only inevitable that search will have to keep up. Already, users turn to ChatGPT instead of 'Googling'. If Google doesn't reimagine its search engine, it could find itself at a huge disadvantage. ...