Stefan Bohacek

> For example, Google reduced our headline “I used the ‘cheat on everything’ AI tool and it didn’t help me cheat on anything” to just five words: “‘Cheat on everything’ AI tool.” It almost sounds like we’re endorsing a product we do not recommend at all.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment

#news #TechNews #technology #google #search #AI #LLMs #enshittification

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines

Google is beginning to replace news headlines in its search results with ones that are AI-generated. After AI clickbait nonsense in its Google Discover news feed, it’s starting to mess with headlines in the “10 blue links” too.

The Verge
Mar 20 at 4:22pmWeb
Show threadStefan BohacekMar 20
Archived link: https://archive.is/LH6Fv
Show threadStefan BohacekMar 24

Oh wow, and this might get worse.

"The user never sees what your team built, they see what Google's machine learning model thinks they should see instead."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website/

via https://mastodon.social/@SteveRudolfi/116279083767770070

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Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website

A newly granted Google patent could let the search giant replace your brand's landing page with an AI-generated version you have no control over and only your buyers see.

Forbes
Show threadGavinMar 24
@stefan It's such a horrible idea. I thought the open web was on borrowed time before, but now? Yikes.
Show threadStefan BohacekMar 24

@gavin57 It's possible they patented this to prevent others from doing it?

(Wishful thinking? Who knows.)

Show threadGavinMar 24
@stefan The company that put its slop summaries at the top of the results page? Nah, this is coming.
Show threadVivian Schey 🏳️‍🌈 🇩🇪 <(FSM)<{Mar 24

@stefan

Can someone please tell Google they should implement that ASAP, and then make them use it on my website?
I want to get rich by suing Google for copyright infringement…😁

Show threadHanno ReinMar 24
@stefan I think we need to fork the internet.
Show threadStefan BohacekMar 24

@hannorein Yeah, vibe-coded websites with AI-generated content and imagery being summarized by AI to your personal AI agent that sends you your daily news email.

What a time to be alive!

Show thread🫧 socialcoding..Mar 24

@hannorein @stefan

It's FOSS. Just fork it. 😅

Show threadColorblind CowboyMar 24

@stefan As someone who writes web copy, often having to maneuver complex legal requirements, I see this as a nightmare.

What if the LLM-rendered copy has incorrect claims? Also, seriously, WTF?

Show threadArne RossmannMar 24
@stefan another reason to not use google search, but @kagihq
Show threadHeliographMar 20
@stefan oh wow that is quite something o_0 i always thought we will all end up living in cocacolaworld but oh buoy will it be googlandia instead ... the new old #TrumanShow but way more insidious
Show threadStefan BohacekMar 20
@Heliograph Yeah, pretty wild for them to do this. Google really seems to hate publishers these days.
Show threadHeliographMar 20
@stefan ah well they are *THE ONE THING* that might change sentiment against googlplex and everyone involved with it... this directive might be uncovered one day as more disturbing than those -youknowwho-island files