Liz Reid, Google's head of search, spoke about the progression of AI in Google Search, indicating ongoing development and integration of artificial intelligence capabilities within the search platform to enhance user experience and search result quality.
Google seems to be rolling out colorful sections in the knowledge panels. Sometimes you will see gray, sometimes blue, sometimes orange and sometimes green and maybe more. But those table elements on the right are new. We saw this on mobile over a decade ago, so this does seem new, especially on desktop.
Google had a brief serving issue with Google Search. Google is testing showing vertical search services next to its own in the EU. Google said a spike in impressions do not cause problems for Google Search. Google won't use a sitemap file if it is not convinced of new or important content.