Mastodawn

Google's profound contempt for journalists is on display as it rewrites publications' headlines in search results, sometimes altering the meaning and intent of the original. https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment

The company calls it an "experiment" -- as if that makes it OK.

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

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The Cyberwitch 13h ago

@dangillmor the amount of times i see YouTube video titles change in my subscription feed, over multiple content creators, is starting to make me wonder too

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SkipfordJ

@cyberwitch @dangillmor YouTube is currently offering creators the ability to use multiple video titles, with A/B marketing-style testing with each. I guess to see which performs better?