Google upgraded AI Mode in Search to perform agentic tasks such as finding and requesting restaurant reservations based on constraints like party size and dietary restrictions. The system connects users to available options and links directly to booking pages to complete reservations. The feature uses Project Mariner, Google's web-browsing AI agent, and integrates with OpenTable, Resy, SeatGeek, Ticketmaster and other booking services. Personalized dining recommendations are available to U.S. users opted into AI Mode, using search history to tailor suggestions. The upgrade aims to make search more autonomous, conversational, and capable of taking useful action for users.
Google upgraded AI Mode in search with more agency in an effort to make the feature more autonomous and personalized to the unique preferences of individual users. The idea is to deliver a smarter search engine that can actually take useful action on behalf of users, and read between the lines of prompts to provide helpful information even when users aren't precisely sure what they're looking for.
"AI Mode does the legwork and links you directly to the booking page, so you can easily take the last step and finalize your reservation," Google writes in its blog post. The feature leverages Project Mariner, Google's web-browsing AI agent, and was developed in partnership with OpenTable, Resy, SeatGeek, Ticketmaster, and other booking services. It's being rolled out now to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S.
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