# Google tests AI Overview format in local knowledge panels

Published: 2026-09-18T04:02:57.908Z · Source: Search Engine Roundtable (https://www.seroundtable.com/google-local-knowledge-panel-ai-overview-42105.html)
Source date: 2026-09-17
Flags: single-source — confirmation pending
Entities: google, ai-overviews, ai-mode

Google is testing an AI Overview label atop local knowledge panels for Google Business Profiles, with a "Show more" button that expands into an AI Mode-style chat interface, per Search Engine Roundtable. The feature was spotted by Ben Fisher on LinkedIn and replicated independently by Search Engine Roundtable's Barry Schwartz; Google has not announced it. Schwartz found the AI-written description of his own business cited information from his company site that was already out of date.

Why it matters: If AI Overview treatment extends into local knowledge panels, local business search moves closer to Google's AI Mode conversational format and further from a listing businesses can fully control.

## What this answers

**Is Google turning Google Business Profile listings into AI Overviews?**

Google is testing an AI Overview label on local knowledge panels for Business Profiles, with a "Show more" button that opens an AI Mode-style chat, per Search Engine Roundtable. Google has not confirmed the feature publicly.

**Can an AI-generated Google Business Profile description be outdated?**

Yes — testing the feature, Search Engine Roundtable found its own AI-written description referenced information from the business's website that was no longer current.


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