AI Overviews don’t show up consistently across Google Search because the system learns where they’re useful and pulls them back when people don’t engage.
Robby Stein, Vice President of Product at Google Search, described in a CNN interview how Google tests the summaries, measures interaction, and reduces their appearance for certain kinds of searches where they don’t help.
How Google Decides When To Show AI Overviews
Stein explained that AI Overviews appear based on learned usefulness rather than showing up by default.
“The system actually…

![[CITYPNG.COM]White Google Play PlayStore Logo – 1500×1500](https://startupnews.fyi/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CITYPNG.COMWhite-Google-Play-PlayStore-Logo-1500x1500-1-630x630.png)