New Delhi, May 23 -- For over two decades, Google has been shaping how the world searches for information with its artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. But as Generative AI (GenAI) chatbots grow more conversational and capable, the Big Tech company has been pushed into a "total re-imagining of Search," as its CEO Sundar Pichai said this week in his Google I/O 2025 keynote address.

The catalyst is Generation Z: netizens born between 1997 and 2012 who prefer context, relevance and answers in natural language over blue links. Instead of 'googling,' Gen Z youth tend to treat chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) as their first point of inquiry.

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