To get the best out of AI, you need to stop thinking of it as a search engine. When you Google something, you’re looking for a needle in a haystack. When you use AI, you’re asking a builder to make you a custom needle from scratch.

Remember the era of the ‘chatbot’? It feels like ancient history. For years, AI was something you spoke to, you asked it a question, and it gave you a polished, if slightly robotic, answer. That was Version 1.0. In 2025, we’re living in Version 3.0, and Google has been the driving force behind a profound change: the Agentic Shift. Google’s AI is no longer interested in just talking; it’s designed for doing.