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Search Generative Experience (SGE)

The original name for Google's AI-search experiment, since rebranded to AI Overviews and graduated from beta.

Definition

The original name for Google's AI-search experiment, since rebranded to AI Overviews and graduated from beta.

Why this matters

Historical context. The product is now called AI Overviews.

Where it sits in The Standard™

This term is part of the canonical AI Discovery vocabulary, published in the Body of Knowledge alongside the Eight Discovery Signals and The Methodology Handbook. The full glossary contains 56 terms — the operative vocabulary for AI Discovery practitioners.

Practitioner note

Practitioners certified through Certified™ are tested on the AI Discovery vocabulary. This glossary is the institutional reference.

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