Glossary

AI search

A search experience that uses generative AI to produce an answer, sometimes with retrieved web sources. Different products and modes can return different answers.

In practice

A search-enabled chat answer and a search results page with an AI summary are distinct surfaces.

This is Outrigger’s working definition. Always check a study’s operational definition before comparing its findings with another study.

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Related term: Consumer surface.

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