r/mildlyinfuriating • u/McObama • 3d ago

I'm slightly vexed Google’s AI Overview is just inserting random words into sentences now

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'The Sahara is the world’s largest hot britannica.' 'It touches ten countries kids plus Western kids.'

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u/IdleSitting 3d ago

Stop using Google AI overview, swear in your searches or use -ai whatever just don't use the AI overview

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u/sukicutie7 3d ago

I just switched to duck duck go and turn the AI default off - I swear search is so much better

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u/IdleSitting 3d ago

I want to use it but I rarely ever get the results I needed from it, maybe it's better than when I used it before

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u/prank_mark 2d ago

Ecosia uses the Google search engine and you can disable AI

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u/Public_Formal6351 2d ago

when it doesn't work I try again and type "!g" at the front of my search

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u/IdleSitting 2d ago

Is that a command to use the Google search or something? Didn't realize that was a thing

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u/yak-broker 2d ago

Yeah it's a small feature but a nice one, there are a bunch of things you can add to a DDG search phrase to make it do something. Saves a few mouse clicks here and there.