Is Google's new AI search killing the internet?

Google has a new AI search bar. Instead of links, it gives you AI-synthesized answers. Some say it could be the end of the internet as we know it.

Thomas Germain, senior technology reporter at the BBC. Host of The Interface podcast.

Tina Grotzer, principal research scientist in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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