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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 04:39:28 JST Ars Technica

   Google Search will start automatically showing a chatbot to some users

   The search chatbot used to be opt-in, but now Google will try it on normal users.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/google-search-will-start-automatically-showing-a-chatbot-to-some-users/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Patrick (patrickoftheg@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 04:43:24 JST Patrick

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     @arstechnica A chat bot that makes up things, every now and then, is probably more useful than Google Search which is just SEO scripts mirror back my search terms at me and deliberately hiding all useful information for ad impressions that don't exist because I am blocking advertisements.

   • SaftyKuma (saftykuma@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 05:00:00 JST SaftyKuma

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     @arstechnica
     So the final nail in Google search's enshittification. I'd like 2004 Google back please.

   • YurkshireLad (yurkshirelad@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 07:03:40 JST YurkshireLad

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     @arstechnica you’re still using Google search???