Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews (techcrunch.com)
from eli001@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 06:37
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zecg@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 07:34 next collapse

Just came here to say you can block them with ublock origin, tho the CSS selector might change in the future, now just filter this in UBO:

www.google.com##.hdzaWe

sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works on 06 Jul 08:25 next collapse

You can also not use Google. I use duckduckgo and they let you turn off AI overview.

deur@feddit.nl on 06 Jul 09:42 collapse

You can also avoid using the internet entirely. I personally reference my 30 volume encyclopedia collection rather than risk seeing an ad or an internet service being anything less than perfect.

sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works on 06 Jul 13:18 collapse

That’s not as clever as you think it is.

real_squids@sopuli.xyz on 06 Jul 09:54 collapse

There’s also a bunch of addons that do the same, if you can’t have ubo for some reason

Affidavit@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 11:50 next collapse

I actually like AI overview, though I use DDG, not Google. It’s especially helpful when you just want a simple answer e.g. stuck on a level in a video game, wanting to know the major exports for a country, checking the release date for a movie/game, basic troubleshooting questions.

Website developers typically bloat simple questions like this with irrelevant rubbish to waste your time and keep you on their websites longer.

lazynooblet@lazysoci.al on 06 Jul 12:28 collapse

We are getting to the point where llm are used to expand on a topic and fill out an article and then another llm provides an inaccurate tldr summary. What a world to live in. 🤢

kibiz0r@midwest.social on 06 Jul 12:49 collapse

Antitrust is the right approach. (As opposed to copyright.) I hope Google gets decimated.