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Google will start showing AI-powered search results to users who didn't opt in (www.engadget.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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If you're in the US, you might see a new shaded section at the top of your Google Search results with a summary answering your inquiry, along with links for more information. That section, generated by Google's generative AI technology, used to appear only if you've opted into the Search Generative Experience(SGE) in the Search Labs platform. Now, according to Search Engine Land, Google has started adding the experience on a "subset of queries, on a small percentage of search traffic in the US." And that is why you could be getting Google's experimental AI-generated section even if you haven't switched it on.

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 8 months ago (2 children)

oh that's that same shit that bing does that ends up filling the top quarter of my search results page with useless chatGPT garbage that doesn't help my search query (both my employer and my school have forced edge+bing as the standard browser and it makes me want to die)

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As someone in IT I get an employer enforcing Edge (I don't do that, but I understand why an IT department might), but why would anyone enforce a specific search engine? That seems bonkers to me.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, it's the system default, and while you can change it during each session or manually browse to Google/DDG if you want, it will always reset the next time you log in.... I am incredibly lazy and 99% of the time will smash my super quick search into the omnibar and end up stuck with it until I eventually get mad enough at Bing to force keep a tab open with Google.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Ah, I see what you mean. That still sucks but at least you still have the (less convenient) option of using an alternative. I had understood it as being that they blocked everything but Bing.

[–] ryehypernova@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

you have my condolences :)