billyjoebowers, 27 days ago

@arstechnica

I really don't understand the profitable part of Google giving "AI" results instead of web results. How could that possibly not be more expensive for them?

I do understand the potential for political propaganda though.

vaguelytagged, 27 days ago

@arstechnica ...anyway Kagi is great

LuckyStoat, 27 days ago

@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.

Gladso, 27 days ago

@arstechnica So use Duck duck go already.

cyastis, 27 days ago

@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

angusm, 27 days ago

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

neonharbinger, 27 days ago

@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.