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Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech
(theconversation.com)
this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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They certainly didn't help it by weighing it down with more and more ads.
I think they did more - I vaguely remember them admitting they messed up the search result on purpose so the user will run more queries and will see even more ads.