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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We're in the technology sub. People here are old enough to know how to Google (old forums, preferably Reddit, as Lemmy is absent), they don't know how to use an AI effectively (just look at how they're trying to justify that). Don't worry about the downvotes and their nonsense responses. Those are the same people who microwave their water instead of using an electric kettle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I actually get a kick out of downvote score

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

As on all social media people here (group)think that they are the smartest. But Lemmy is also a bubble, one with people who don't want to innovate or experience new things. Very weird for something so tech focused.