Pichai called an AI Overview "more opinionated than it should be" when shown a live result. He said bounce clicks are going down in Google's metrics. Asked about Condé Nast planning for zero search traffic, he didn't challenge it. Pichai reviewed a live AI Overview and called it "more opinionated than it should be." He also addressed bounce clicks and publisher traffic. Google CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged room for improvement in AI Overviews when shown a live product-query result during a Decoder podcast interview with Nilay Patel. Patel showed Pichai a live search result. Pichai called it “more opinionated than it should be” for the query. The interview was recorded after Google I/O 2026. What Pichai Said About AI Overview Quality Patel showed Pichai a “best Chromebook” search result on his phone. The AI Overview gave a confident recommendation. Below it, a Reddit result and a New York Times result each gave different answers.…