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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

At least it is less obvious than the way chrome is handling AI 'integrations'. Google is hamfisting AI to the point where chrome is basically a billboard.

"DOES BABY WANT GEMINI?"

"DOES BABY WANT AI MODE?"

"DOES BABY WANT AI SUMMARY FOR 2 MINUTE YOUTUBE VIDEO?"

"I see you clicked no. I'll remind baby a few days from now"

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I never said I used chrome personally. My work environment demands it.

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  • I'm in the same boat - my work uses chromebooks.

    I got frustrated earlier this week, trying to remove AI suggestions from Google on my work account. It's set up in such a way that I can't opt out. Search for ways to remove AI from your results, and all the tutorials say to "Click the lab button" to disable AI.

    I looked on my Google page - there is no "lab" button.

    I looked up trouble-shooting for "no lab button," and attempted to follow a direct link to the controls it's supposed to provide.

    Apparently, since my account is managed by a company, I don't have access to permissions... including the permission to remove AI results. Fuck.


    Long story short, although I really wanted to throw my work laptop into a fire, I instead decided to change my default search engine to DuckDuckGo.

    I can't escape the Google environment entirely, but at least I can still use a search engine that lets me opt out of automatically generating AI crap.

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