Do we really need Google Search to morph into a ChatGPT answer engine?

Google is rolling out "the most sweeping set of changes to its Search product in years" with AI summaries as default, AI agent background monitoring and a major redesign of how search works.

The hidden trade-offs are energy consumption (up to 100x), privacy erosion (more data mining) and transparency loss (accountability firmly in Google's control).

We believe search should connect you to the web so you're in control.

@Mojeek removing the summary llm could be a statement.
just saying. ๐Ÿ™‚
@Mojeek I usually use Google without AI (via a 3rd party). But I tried Mojeek and was happy with results. So following them now and will use them more to get better idea how well it works in comparison to other options.
@Mojeek It runs a lot faster like this too. Google now gives me load screen while AI results are being computed.