In a recent interview, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that sources and links will always be a part of the AI answers and when asked how he feels about a decline in the use of Classic Search  in favor of AI Search, he mentioned that Google will survive on a blend of subscriptions and advertising. Google On The Future Of Links And Sources Google’s CEO acknowledged that people still want to connect with what’s on the web. He also shared that Google is creating a seamless transition from classic search to AI Mode and that according to their internal metrics, people are satisfied with it. In response to an interviewer question as to whether Google is at some point going to transition away from the ten blue links and classic search, he said that the process is a “continuum,” which means a gradual transition, not a “rip the band-aid” type change. The question the interviewer asked: “I think a lot of people expect that at some point, the kind of normal Google sort of classic search interface goes away.…