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You can no longer Google the word 'disregard' (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 194 points 5 months ago (15 children)

For anyone reading this but not the article, the issue is that the AI interprets the query literally as a command to disregard the query. So Google's AI does exactly that. The actual search works as normal, and Google didn't ban or otherwise censor the word.

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  • [–] 112 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    sure they did ... by forcing bullshit ai that has multiple flaws and gives bullshit information.

    these companies get no logical passes anymore. everything they do, is a direct attack on the planet and humanity and shouldn't ever be met with 'its not really their fault because...

    it's always their fault..

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  • [–] 34 points 5 months ago* (6 children)

    A while ago, I saw a trick that you can force disable the AI thingy by putting -SomeSuperOffensiveWord (replace with any slur) at the end. This will exclude all results containing the word (which should be none). But the AI will hit the word, and quit because it's not allowed to work with offensive word. This whole thing is just stupid

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  • [–] 27 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

    You could also just add the udm=14 parameter to your search URL, which defaults to the "Web" tab of the results like so - easy enough to configure this to always be present in Firefox, and helps you avoid googling dozens of slurs a day as a bonus

    https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=hello+world

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago* (6 children)

    Like I have to go to gemini for it to not work? I just searched it and the results are:

    1. Definition of disregard
    2. Techcrunch article about "you can no longer google the word disregard"
    3. Reddit post about how you can't Google it now 4+ definition again, more articles about not being able to Google it.

    Has the term "Google it" changed meaning suddenly?

    Edit to add: the first definition came from the "AI overview" section

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Here's my result:

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    That shows you're specifically in AI mode- is that the default experience for you now?

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Nope. This article was specifically about the AI response, so that's why I went there. I typically use Brave browser / search

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Oh... Thats a blatantly misleading headline then 😅

    Thanks for explaining, hope you have a lovely day ☺️

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Nah the article shows it happening in all, and I've seen other people do it as well. I think they've just responded already and shifted what occurs.

    The real problem is normalization of end user getting pushed untested beta bullshit

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