Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines! (www.theverge.com)
from FallenWalnut@lemmy.world to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 20 Mar 21:04
https://lemmy.world/post/44525358

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/44525355

This is only the beginning

Google steals people’s content through AI summaries, trains off their work and now is looking to rewrite their articles

The good news is that there are legitimate alternatives

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  • Kagi -> For a paid ad-free premium experience
  • Ecosia -> Similar experience to Google while supporting a good cause
  • Qwant -> Building its own results based in the EU
  • DuckDuckGo -> Privacy-focused search

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#degoogle

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davel@lemmy.ml on 20 Mar 22:04 next collapse

I still sometimes need to use Google’s search engine, but the new default “AI Mode” is bullshit, so I use Violentmonkey and this userscript to force it to use the original default, “Web”: github.com/ZenithO-o/Fix-Google-Web-Search

starlinguk@lemmy.world on 21 Mar 09:39 collapse

Shit like this is completely unusable for laymen.

unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml on 22 Mar 07:32 collapse

It isn’t.

All of us were laymen at one point.

I still am, for one.

What I see big apps do is treat users (both power, regular and new ones) as idiots, ruining the experience for everyone. Users should be treated reasonavly as reasonable people. This means giving them the options and opportunity to become power users, as opposed to saying “yeah, that’ll never fly with them” and then you’re the one to shoot all of them down preemptively.

Violentmonkey is simple enough to install as an add-on, and clicking “Get a Script” requires no coding background.

So yeah. Impossible for utter idiots.

Which users are not.

They’re reasonable people like you and me, and giving them the opportunity to know about Violentmonkey and what it does should be more enough for them to use.

starlinguk@lemmy.world on 21 Mar 09:14 next collapse

DuckDuckGo is so frigging bad.

FallenWalnut@lemmy.world on 21 Mar 10:37 next collapse

Yeah which is why I put it last. The list is somewhat ranked top to bottom by usability.

boert@sh.itjust.works on 21 Mar 11:18 next collapse

Can you explain, please? Why is it bad?

parson0@startrek.website on 22 Mar 13:47 next collapse

noai.duckduckgo.com is great

and you can add this to firefox based browsers to make it the default search: noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=%25s&noai=

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world on 22 Mar 17:42 collapse

Just use the DDG browser!

parson0@startrek.website on 22 Mar 18:05 collapse

I’m very happy with libre wolf, what’s good about ddg?

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world on 22 Mar 18:17 collapse

I dunno. Blocks even more shit that gets past my pi hole. Simple. Got a burn button on the front that ignites tabs and data.

I just like it.

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f523dac3-d9bd-4858-9a63-a55067732f98.jpeg">

parson0@startrek.website on 22 Mar 18:33 collapse

I like a burn button, will give ddg a try thx

erdem@lemmy.ml on 24 Mar 06:32 collapse

i use it its not bad

destiper@lemmy.ml on 21 Mar 14:33 next collapse

brave search is ok too

Moltz@lemmy.ml on 22 Mar 06:51 collapse

Y’all do know Kagi is literally using AI to rewrite the news, right? Not only the headline, the entire body too. news.kagi.com/world/latest

If you think Kagi of all places is gonna be safe from AI, think again. They are all in on the AI hype train. They might not be selling your data (yet), but best believe you’re paying them to train their AI.