Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse
This article explores the decline of Google Search quality, attributing it to AI-generated summaries that often hallucinate or provide incorrect information. It argues that the underlying infrastructure of the internet is degrading, making reliable information harder to find.
Why it matters
The degradation of search engines threatens the accessibility of factual information and the reliability of the internet as a knowledge repository.
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