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Google removes AI Overviews labels from some search results on desktop

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SERoundtable reports Google is removing AI Overviews labels from some search results on desktop while keeping them on mobile.

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SERoundtable observed that Google is inconsistently displaying AI Overviews labels across devices—the labels appear on mobile results but are missing from the desktop version for some AI Overviews. The change affects how users identify AI-generated content in search results, though Google has not officially announced the rollout scope or reasoning.

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