. That's because a search through an AI-language model requires more computing power — specifically chips — and electricity than a typical search.
Analysts say the extra costs can amount to billions of dollars over the span of years, Reuters reported. The projected costs of AI search varies. Some analysts say Google would incur an extra $6 billion dollars by 2024 if it responded to half of its search queries with 50-word answers from an AI chatbot, per Reuters. Other analysts expect Google to rack up an additional $3 billion dollars by integrating the chatbot into its search engine, Reuters reported.
But then they lost 100 billion when Bard failed miserably. Should have spent the money proper, too late now - Bing is actually quite good.
A key news. Maybe they have to provide VIP to public. In other words money needed.