diff --git a/components/Header/Super.tsx b/components/Header/Super.tsx
index dcafb641..9402fd3f 100644
--- a/components/Header/Super.tsx
+++ b/components/Header/Super.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import { NavResponsiveOnly } from "@/components/Nav/Nav.styled";
 import { NorthwesternWordmark } from "@/components/Shared/SVG/Northwestern";
 import React from "react";
 import { UserContext } from "@/context/user-context";
+import { defaultAIState } from "@/hooks/useGenerativeAISearchToggle";
 import useLocalStorage from "@/hooks/useLocalStorage";
+import { useRouter } from "next/router";
 
 const nav = [
   {
@@ -33,9 +35,12 @@ const nav = [
 ];
 
 export default function HeaderSuper() {
+  const router = useRouter();
+  const { query } = router;
+
   const [isLoaded, setIsLoaded] = React.useState(false);
   const [isExpanded, setIsExpanded] = React.useState(false);
-  const [ai, setAI] = useLocalStorage("ai", "false");
+  const [ai, setAI] = useLocalStorage("ai", defaultAIState);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     setIsLoaded(true);
@@ -45,7 +50,12 @@ export default function HeaderSuper() {
   const handleMenu = () => setIsExpanded(!isExpanded);
 
   const handleLogout = () => {
-    if (ai === "true") setAI("false");
+    // reset AI state and remove query param
+    setAI(defaultAIState);
+    delete query?.ai;
+    router.push(router.pathname, { query });
+
+    // logout
     window.location.href = `${DCAPI_ENDPOINT}/auth/logout`;
   };
 
diff --git a/components/Search/GenerativeAIToggle.test.tsx b/components/Search/GenerativeAIToggle.test.tsx
index 59b311e8..67f63e4d 100644
--- a/components/Search/GenerativeAIToggle.test.tsx
+++ b/components/Search/GenerativeAIToggle.test.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ describe("GenerativeAIToggle", () => {
 
     await user.click(checkbox);
     expect(checkbox).toHaveAttribute("data-state", "checked");
-    expect(localStorage.getItem("ai")).toEqual(JSON.stringify("true"));
+
+    const ai = JSON.parse(String(localStorage.getItem("ai")));
+    expect(ai?.enabled).toEqual("true");
+    expect(typeof ai?.expires).toEqual("number");
+    expect(ai?.expires).toBeGreaterThan(Date.now());
   });
 
   it("renders the generative AI tooltip", () => {
@@ -99,7 +103,10 @@ describe("GenerativeAIToggle", () => {
       ...defaultSearchState,
     };
 
-    localStorage.setItem("ai", JSON.stringify("true"));
+    localStorage.setItem(
+      "ai",
+      JSON.stringify({ enabled: "true", expires: 9733324925021 }),
+    );
 
     mockRouter.setCurrentUrl("/search");
     render(
@@ -117,7 +124,7 @@ describe("GenerativeAIToggle", () => {
 
     mockRouter.setCurrentUrl("/");
 
-    localStorage.setItem("ai", JSON.stringify("false"));
+    localStorage.setItem("ai", JSON.stringify({ enabled: "false" }));
 
     render(
       withUserProvider(
@@ -127,6 +134,9 @@ describe("GenerativeAIToggle", () => {
 
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("checkbox"));
 
-    expect(localStorage.getItem("ai")).toEqual(JSON.stringify("true"));
+    const ai = JSON.parse(String(localStorage.getItem("ai")));
+    expect(ai?.enabled).toEqual("true");
+    expect(typeof ai?.expires).toEqual("number");
+    expect(ai?.expires).toBeGreaterThan(Date.now());
   });
 });
diff --git a/components/Search/GenerativeAIToggle.tsx b/components/Search/GenerativeAIToggle.tsx
index f460ff99..0774a641 100644
--- a/components/Search/GenerativeAIToggle.tsx
+++ b/components/Search/GenerativeAIToggle.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ export default function GenerativeAIToggle() {
       <SharedAlertDialog
         isOpen={dialog.isOpen}
         cancel={{ label: "Cancel", onClick: closeDialog }}
-        action={{ label: "Login", onClick: handleLogin }}
+        action={{ label: "Sign in", onClick: handleLogin }}
+        title="Sign in to Digital Collections"
       >
         {AI_LOGIN_ALERT}
       </SharedAlertDialog>
diff --git a/components/Search/Search.test.tsx b/components/Search/Search.test.tsx
index da91e2b5..5f747ad9 100644
--- a/components/Search/Search.test.tsx
+++ b/components/Search/Search.test.tsx
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ describe("Search component", () => {
   });
 
   it("renders generative AI placeholder text when AI search is active", () => {
-    localStorage.setItem("ai", JSON.stringify("true"));
+    localStorage.setItem(
+      "ai",
+      JSON.stringify({ enabled: "true", expires: 9733324925021 }),
+    );
 
     render(withUserProvider(<Search isSearchActive={mockIsSearchActive} />));
 
diff --git a/components/Shared/AlertDialog.styled.ts b/components/Shared/AlertDialog.styled.ts
index 941b2808..d13e7bb1 100644
--- a/components/Shared/AlertDialog.styled.ts
+++ b/components/Shared/AlertDialog.styled.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const AlertDialogOverlay = styled(AlertDialog.Overlay, {
 
 const AlertDialogContent = styled(AlertDialog.Content, {
   backgroundColor: "white",
-  borderRadius: 6,
+  borderRadius: "6px",
   boxShadow:
     "hsl(206 22% 7% / 35%) 0px 10px 38px -10px, hsl(206 22% 7% / 20%) 0px 10px 20px -15px",
   position: "fixed",
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ const AlertDialogContent = styled(AlertDialog.Content, {
   width: "90vw",
   maxWidth: "500px",
   maxHeight: "85vh",
-  padding: 25,
+  padding: "$gr4",
   zIndex: "2",
+  fontSize: "$gr3",
 
   "&:focus": { outline: "none" },
 });
@@ -46,7 +47,11 @@ const AlertDialogTitle = styled(AlertDialog.Title, {
 
 const AlertDialogButtonRow = styled("div", {
   display: "flex",
-  justifyContent: "flex-end",
+  justifyContent: "space-between",
+
+  "> button": {
+    margin: 0,
+  },
 
   "& > *:not(:last-child)": {
     marginRight: "$gr3",
diff --git a/components/Shared/AlertDialog.tsx b/components/Shared/AlertDialog.tsx
index a92f4e58..516419eb 100644
--- a/components/Shared/AlertDialog.tsx
+++ b/components/Shared/AlertDialog.tsx
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ export default function SharedAlertDialog({
           <AlertDialog.Description>{children}</AlertDialog.Description>
           <AlertDialogButtonRow>
             {cancel && (
-              <Button isText onClick={cancel?.onClick}>
+              <Button onClick={cancel?.onClick} isLowercase>
                 {cancelLabel}
               </Button>
             )}
 
             <AlertDialog.Action asChild>
-              <Button isPrimary onClick={action.onClick}>
+              <Button isPrimary onClick={action.onClick} isLowercase>
                 {action.label}
               </Button>
             </AlertDialog.Action>
diff --git a/hooks/useGenerativeAISearchToggle.ts b/hooks/useGenerativeAISearchToggle.ts
index 0c4f4445..59e7b480 100644
--- a/hooks/useGenerativeAISearchToggle.ts
+++ b/hooks/useGenerativeAISearchToggle.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import { UserContext } from "@/context/user-context";
 import useLocalStorage from "@/hooks/useLocalStorage";
 import { useRouter } from "next/router";
 
-const defaultModalState = {
+export const defaultAIState = {
+  enabled: "false",
+  expires: undefined,
+};
+
+export const defaultModalState = {
   isOpen: false,
   title: "Use Generative AI",
 };
@@ -13,12 +18,13 @@ const defaultModalState = {
 export default function useGenerativeAISearchToggle() {
   const router = useRouter();
 
-  const [ai, setAI] = useLocalStorage("ai", "false");
+  const [ai, setAI] = useLocalStorage("ai", defaultAIState);
   const { user } = React.useContext(UserContext);
 
   const [dialog, setDialog] = useState(defaultModalState);
 
-  const isAIPreference = ai === "true";
+  const expires = Date.now() + 1000 * 60 * 60;
+  const isAIPreference = ai.enabled === "true";
   const isChecked = isAIPreference && user?.isLoggedIn;
 
   const loginUrl = `${DCAPI_ENDPOINT}/auth/login?goto=${goToLocation()}`;
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ export default function useGenerativeAISearchToggle() {
     if (router.isReady) {
       const { query } = router;
       if (query.ai === "true") {
-        setAI("true");
+        setAI({ enabled: "true", expires });
       }
     }
   }, [router.asPath]);
@@ -61,7 +67,10 @@ export default function useGenerativeAISearchToggle() {
     if (!user?.isLoggedIn) {
       setDialog({ ...dialog, isOpen: checked });
     } else {
-      setAI(checked ? "true" : "false");
+      setAI({
+        enabled: checked ? "true" : "false",
+        expires: checked ? expires : undefined,
+      });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hooks/useLocalStorage.ts b/hooks/useLocalStorage.ts
index 5488a5b8..a4f79b10 100644
--- a/hooks/useLocalStorage.ts
+++ b/hooks/useLocalStorage.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
-function useLocalStorage(key: string, initialValue: string) {
+function useLocalStorage(key: string, initialValue: any) {
   // Get the initial value from localStorage or use the provided initialValue
   const [storedValue, setStoredValue] = useState(() => {
     if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
diff --git a/pages/_app.tsx b/pages/_app.tsx
index e2bba277..ef8f731d 100644
--- a/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import React from "react";
 import { SearchProvider } from "@/context/search-context";
 import { User } from "@/types/context/user";
 import { UserProvider } from "@/context/user-context";
+import { defaultAIState } from "@/hooks/useGenerativeAISearchToggle";
 import { defaultOpenGraphData } from "@/lib/open-graph";
 import { getUser } from "@/lib/user-helpers";
 import globalStyles from "@/styles/global";
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }: MyAppProps) {
   const [mounted, setMounted] = React.useState(false);
   const [user, setUser] = React.useState<User>();
 
-  const [ai] = useLocalStorage("ai", "false");
-  const isUsingAI = ai === "true";
+  const [ai, setAI] = useLocalStorage("ai", defaultAIState);
+  const isUsingAI = ai?.enabled === "true";
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     async function getData() {
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }: MyAppProps) {
       setMounted(true);
     }
     getData();
+
+    // Check if AI is enabled and if it has expired
+    if (ai?.expires && ai.expires < Date.now()) setAI(defaultAIState);
   }, []);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {