What do you think of Google's AI Overviews after nearly a year?

It hasn't even been a year since AI Overviews launched in full force in the US, with a surprise shadow drop at Google I/O 2024. Even if you don't know the name, you've no doubt seen these results any time you've used the web's long-standing favorite search engine. They're those boxes at the top of every results list, attempting to answer your query by distilling information from across the internet into a simple sentence or two. Needless to say, they've been surrounded by controversy since I/O.