Google its "AI Mode" duct on its page on Tuesday.
The motion of AI Mode on the Google Doodle comes as the company makes efforts to expose more users to its AI features amid pressure from artificial intelligence startups.
AI Mode is Google's chatbot- experience for complex user questions. The company began displaying AI Mode alongside its results page in March.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai addresses the crowd during Google's annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025.
Camille Cohen | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Google Doodle is Alphabet's most valuable piece of real estate, and on Tuesday, the company used that space to mote "AI Mode," its AI duct.
Google's Chrome browser landing pages and Google's page an animated image that, when clicked, leads users to AI Mode, the company's duct. The doodle image also includes a button.
The motion of AI Mode on the Google Doodle comes as the company makes efforts to expose more users to its AI features amid pressure from artificial intelligence startups.
That includes OpenAI which makes ChatGPT, Anthropic which makes Claude and Perplexity AI, which bills itself as an "AI-powered answer engine.
"Google's "Doodle" Tuesday directed users to its chatbot- experience "AI Mode"A Google spokesperson said the placement of the AI Mode on the company's page is "just a fun mo" as opposed to typical Google Doodles, "which celebrate history and culture.
"AI Mode is Google's chatbot- experience for complex user questions. The company began displaying AI Mode alongside its results page in March.
" whatever's on your mind and get AI-powered responses," the duct description reads when clicked from the page.
AI Mode is powered by Google's flagship AI model Gemini, and the tool has rolled out to more U. Users since its launch. Users can ask AI Mode questions using text, voice or images.
Google says AI Mode makes it easier to find answers to complex questions that might have previously required multiple es.
In May, Google tested the AI Mode feature directly beneath the Google bar, replacing the "I'm Feeling Lucky" widget — a place where Google rarely makes changes.
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