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Google updates AI search to include 'expert advice' from Reddit and other web forums (techcrunch.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more niche queries, this design choice could also prove chaotic.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/google-updates-ai-search-to-include-expert-advice-from-reddit-and-other-web-forums/

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[–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

They asking an LLM for advice. So logically they want advice on being a dipshit. Where the biggest dipshits on the internet at? I mean besides wherever I am? It just makes sense to ask the reddits

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Counterpoint: people used to be able to search for things. Now, SEO decides what the public is served by that process. Even though the people of Reddit offered the information freely, and also curated freely by volunteer moderators, it doesn't serve the monetization interests to simply hand over that free information without an additional charge. (and here on the Threadiverse we'd rather argue about whether all people in Western civilizations should be killed) So yeah, an act of absolute desperation.

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