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Google’s chatbot panic

Cory Doctorow @pluralistic:

"The really remarkable thing isn’t just that Microsoft has decided that the future of search isn’t links to relevant materials, but instead lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a chatbot who happens to be a habitual liar – even more remarkable is that Google agrees."

Also:

"Every successful Google product except search and gmail is an acquisition: mobile, ad-tech, videos, server management, ... https://mitchw.blog/2023/02/16/googles-chatbot-panic.html