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hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results

arstechnica.com

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Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results

arstechnica.com

hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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Google Search now has an option to search the "web," which is not the default anymore.
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    Billions of queries becoming way more energy intensive for a feature almost nobody asked for, now the default. What the fuck are we even doing

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      Appeasing shareholders and investors.

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        How? Are they expecting more ad income to offset the energy costs?

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          “Google, how do I calculate the circumference of a sphere?”

          “Sign up for online math classes with University of Arizona today!”

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          Probably injecting ads “naturally” into the conversation.

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      And it will hallucinate and give wrong answers

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