NYT: ‘Powered by A.I., Google Changes Its Search Box for the First Time in 25 Years’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/05/20/nyt-google-io
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/05/20/nyt-google-io
@daringfireball DuckDuckGo did this to me yesterday. I wanted to refine my search so typed it into the text field at the bottom of the search results.
Got an immediate warning from my work filter that we aren’t allowed to interact with their AI. Work has rules about that so we don’t share confidential information.
The placement of the new AI text box, and the fact that the cursor is already there, is going to get a lot of people in trouble with their jobs.