CEO Sundar Pichai made the claim at The New York Times' DealBook Summit this week and said users will be "surprised" by how it answers "more complex questions".

He said of Google Search: “I think we are going to be able to tackle more complex questions than ever before.

“I think you’ll be surprised, even early in ‘25, the kind of newer things Search can do compared to where it is today.”

Pichai also responded to Microsoft Satya Nadella's comment suggesting Google should have been the "default winner" in the AI race, but pointed out that Microsoft uses "someone else’s models" (OpenAI), and said Google is in the "earliest stages of a profound shift".

He said at the summit: “I would love to do a side-by-side comparison of Microsoft’s own models and our models.

“When I look at what’s coming ahead, we are in the earliest stages of a profound shift.

“I just think there’s so much innovation ahead. We are committed to being at the state of the art in this field, and I think we are.”

Google has already added AI features to its search engine and has promised a major update to its Gemini chatbot, which is rival for Microsoft's Copilot and OpenAI's ChatGPT.