Google Can't Stop Being Evil (joshgriffiths.site)
from JoshsJunkDrawer@lemmy.ml to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 04 Dec 2025 19:59
https://lemmy.ml/post/39867821

Google just can’t stop being evil. Their latest ploy? Changing article headlines using AI. The results? Exactly as you’d expect.

#degoogle

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afporritt1001@lemmy.today on 04 Dec 2025 20:15 next collapse

I’m never getting Android for PC, not even in a virtual box. Thankfully I use a different search engine.

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org on 04 Dec 2025 21:31 collapse

Which one?

afporritt1001@lemmy.today on 04 Dec 2025 23:30 collapse

DuckDuckGo

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org on 04 Dec 2025 23:41 collapse

So you're using the Bing engine.

Kroko@feddit.online on 05 Dec 2025 00:03 collapse

Bing index*

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org on 05 Dec 2025 05:14 collapse

Fair enough.

PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml on 04 Dec 2025 20:47 next collapse

BG3 players exploit children lol

[deleted] on 05 Dec 2025 01:21 collapse

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Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml on 04 Dec 2025 21:18 next collapse

Reading about Google’s proactive involvement with the IOF in Gaza is truly sickening.

eldavi@lemmy.ml on 05 Dec 2025 17:58 collapse

it makes me wish that i had never bought into their “don’t be evil” motto decades ago.

MoreZombies@quokk.au on 06 Dec 2025 04:36 collapse

They made a specific effort to remove that line a decade ago, which is a strong indicator of how much of a fuckwad Sundar Pichai is.

kalpol@lemmy.ca on 04 Dec 2025 21:46 next collapse

Reflashing Chromebooks to Debian is so rewarding

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website on 05 Dec 2025 06:44 collapse

Is this a bad use of so-called AI? Yes. Is this illegal? I’m going to say no. One of the reasons why Google tried this is because in various markets they’ve been dragged to court or coerced to fund news initiatives because they used snippets from publishers in their search results word-for-word. A not insignificant number of publishers has been lobbying pretty hard against them for giving you their headline and a couple of phrases as a snippet. Those publishers are dumb if you ask me but they were able to bend laws to their will and limit the usefulness of the link, the cornerstone of the internet. So you can sort of understand their motivation why they would try this. And it was only a test from what I’ve heard. So bash Google for all the truly evil shit they’re up to. This issue is dumb but not really worth the outrage.