This is such a great question.

I asked ChatGPT and it gave me the following. But you are right, the search URL is super long and looks wrong...

When citing an AI-generated overview from Google Search's AI Overviews in MLA format, students should follow MLA guidelines for citing a website or an AI-generated source.

Basic MLA Citation Format for AI Overviews in Google Search:

"Title of Overview (if applicable)." Google AI Overview, Google, Date of access, URL.

Example Citation (if no title is provided):

"Overview of Women's Rights in American History." Google AI Overview, Google, 3 Feb. 2025, www.google.com/search?q=women's+rights+history.

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On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM Mrs Fiorelli <Fiorelli.Dawn@madisonps.org> wrote:

Good afternoon,
How would you have students cite the AI overview on google chrome?

The https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/ - says to add the general URL for the tool.

When kids google and they get the AI overview what would you have them put as the general AI overview URL? It would be 9 lines long if I had them use the URL.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pancreatic+cancer+&sca_esv=e43f164304cbaefd&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS1040US1040&ei=3hGhZ5TeOPeg5NoPseK6iQM&ved=0ahUKEwiUxb_Xl6iLAxV3EFkFHTGxLjEQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=pancreatic+cancer+&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiEnBhbmNyZWF0aWMgY2FuY2VyIDIIEAAYgAQYsQMyCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFMgsQABiABBiRAhiKBTILEAAYgAQYkQIYigUyCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFMgsQABiABBiRAhiKBTIFEAAYgAQyCBAAGIAEGLEDMggQABiABBixAzIFEAAYgARIohdQjwRYiBJwAXgBkAEAmAHDAaABzQeqAQM4LjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgugAq8GwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR8ICBRAhGKABwgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYhgMYigXCAgcQABiABBgKmAMAiAYBkAYIkgcDOS4yoAfYQQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&safe=active&ssui=on

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