Google's AI overhaul of Search will overfish the internet to extinction

This week at Google I/O 2026, the company announced what it called "the biggest upgrade to our Search box in over 25 years." Translation: It's officially done pretending Search is about helping you find websites.The centerpiece is a new AI-powered Search box running Gemini 3.5 Flash. It expands as you type, accepts text, images, files, videos, even Chrome tabs as input, and spits back AI-generated answers where the blue links used to be. Google also unveiled "Search Agents," AI systems that moni...