Google patents search that builds a research outline before answering

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising: obtaining, by a computing system comprising one or more processors, a search query; processing, by the computing system, the search query with a generative model to generate a research outline, wherein the research outline comprises an overview topic prompt and a plurality of sub-topic prompts associated with a topic of the overview topic prompt; generating, by the computing system and with the generative model, a plurality of model-generated queries based on the research outline, wherein the plurality of model-generated queries comprises a first model-generated query associated with the overview topic prompt and a plurality of second model-generated queries associated with the plurality of sub-topic prompts; performing, by the computing system and based on the plurality of model-generated queries, a plurality of searches to determine a plurality of search results sets, wherein each of the plurality of search results sets are associated with a different model-generated query of the plurality of model-generated queries; processing, by the computing system, the search query, the research outline, and at least a subset of each set of the plurality of search results sets with the generative model to generate a model-generated research synthesis, wherein the model-generated research synthesis comprises a distillation of information identified from at least the subset of each set of the plurality of search results sets determined to be responsive to the overview topic prompt and the plurality of sub-topic prompts; and providing, by the computing system, the model-generated research synthesis for display.