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Google is replacing search results with only the AI (pivot-to-ai.com)
submitted 3 days ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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replace the Web with slop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aji8lhaV3XM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260520-google-replacing-search-results-with-only-the-ai - podcast

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[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Then you can just block the user agent in nginx or whatever you use, like all the other AI scrapers who ignore robots.txt (*cough* Amazon)

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 0 points 20 hours ago

Then the user agent string will just quietly become randomised so you can't match it reliably because it turns out that honouring robots.txt was always little more than a "gentleman's handshake".

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 13 hours ago

this is a problem we have had for a while now, i assure you

this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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