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# Google may charge for AI-powered search results
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/google-may-charge-for-ai-powered-search-results/
- Published: 2024-04-04T13:00:53.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-04T13:00:53.000Z
- Description: In Q4 2023, Google made $48 billion in its search revenue, up by 12.7% from the previous quarter.
- Author: Loy Okezie
- Tags: / News, / Consumer Tech, / Artificial Intelligence, Google Search

In what is seen as the first time that any of the company's core products would be put behind a paywall, Google is said to be considering charging users for [AI-powered](https://www.techloy.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/) search results, according to a report from the *Financial Times.*

The plan is to have its main search engine available for free, while AI-powered search results would be available to those who pay a fee. But, either way, adverts would continue to appear alongside search results.

Although Google charges for some features including Google One, a service for additional storage, Google Workspace, its workplace collaboration tool, and Google Gemini, its AI premium service, the introduction of a fee for its search results which may include enhanced search tools could see it grow its search revenues.

In Q4 2023, Google made $48 billion in its search revenue, up by 12.7% from the previous quarter. More than a billion people use its search tool every month, according to estimates, and one can only imagine how the "premium search results" would impact its revenues in 2024.