Stefan BohacekMar 20

> 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
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 Bohacek
@Heliograph Yeah, pretty wild for them to do this. Google really seems to hate publishers these days.
Mar 20 at 10:52pmWeb
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