WTF is Google doing now with its AI bullshit?!
Every search result for me now has a box of AI-generated garbage in the top position. Often it's wrong. Sometimes, it's directly contradicted by the second result.
To make matters worse, Google really, really, really doesn't want you to switch it off.
- Their online help on the topic is impenetrable, seemingly by design. Some links don't load.
- Posts by users on the official support/feedback page get a glib automated response and then locked so other people can't comment.
- Google's Help Centre says that you can access this ✨amazing✨ new feature only if you've signed-up for it (nope!)
- Their recommended process to switch it off relies on controls that aren't visible.
- If you go directly to the Search Labs website, it says you can't use it.
In the meantime, I've configured my adblocker plugins to block it.
And, I've tried "UDM=14" setting in the hope that it works. More info here: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-searchs-udm14-trick-lets-you-kill-ai-search-for-good/
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