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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 04:23:23 JST Ars Technica

   Google Search adds “web” filter as it pivots to AI-focused search results

   Google Search now has an option to search the "web," which is not the default anymore.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-search-adds-web-filter-as-it-pivots-to-ai-focused-search-results/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • neonharbinger (neonharbinger@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 04:31:28 JST neonharbinger

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     @arstechnica I've been using DuckDuckGo for a year, and nothing about this news makes me want to go back, lol. DuckDuckGo also now has an OpenAI/Claude "chat" feature as a filter option, which makes me want to drop them, too.

   • Angus McIntyre (angusm@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 04:57:47 JST Angus McIntyre

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     @arstechnica There's a marketing opportunity here for any search company like Kagi or DuckDuckGo who want to offer "AI-free" results.

   • Cyastis (cyastis@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 04:59:21 JST Cyastis

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     @arstechnica I'm really confused. Why? Why are they doing this? What is the advantage of not showing real results? Giving AI results indisputably costs considerably more, so why push AI so hard and make it difficult to, literally, save Google money? I'd appreciate any insight

   • Olle Gladsø (gladso@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 05:26:24 JST Olle Gladsø

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     @arstechnica So use Duck duck go already.

   • LuckyStoat (luckystoat@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 05:27:16 JST LuckyStoat

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     @arstechnica
     Well, that's an interesting turn of events I didn't expect to see. This is certainly one way to get me to stop using the Google bang on duckduckgo.

   • Vincent Sgherzi (vaguelytagged@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 05:47:56 JST Vincent Sgherzi

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     @arstechnica ...anyway Kagi is great