I use @duckduckgo for search, but I wanted to test #Google AI Search.

And *of course* it doesn't work in #mozilla #Firefox!

I hate it. This is what happens in Enterprise as well. Everything is tested in Chrome.

No, in case you wonder, we haven't changed our minds.

#AI #browser #technology #Google

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Statement that reads "Browse without AI" Browsing should push you to explore, chase ideas, and make your own decisions. It should light up your brain. When an artificial assistant sits between you and the web, Big Tech filters what you see and decides what you don't see. Your judgement is outsourced. A browser that browses for you is like paying a robot to go out for dinner with your friends and give you a summary of the evening when it gets home. Vivaldi is taking a stand. We choose humans over hype, and we will not turn the joy of exploring into inactive spectatorship. Without exploration, the web becomes far less interesting. Our curiosity loses oxygen and the diversity of the web dies. We exist for you to explore the web on your own terms. We refuse to reduce you to a passive spectator. We are fighting for a better web where you're in control. Jon von Tetzchner CEO and Co-founder Vivaldi"

The man who wrote "Don't be evil" said he chose it specifically so it would be hard to remove. Paul Buchheit, the engineer who later built Gmail, suggested the phrase at a Google corporate values meeting on July 19, 2001.

Then in early 2018, internal documents leaked showing that Google had signed a Pentagon contract to build AI to analyze drone footage. By April, over 3,000 Google employees had signed a letter to Sundar Pichai demanding the contract be cancelled.

The letter specifically cited "Don't be evil" as the standard the company was failing to meet. Dozens of engineers resigned in protest.

Sometime between late April and early May, the slogan disappeared from the code of conduct's preface.

#Google #AI #Tech

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Screenshot of a Wikipedia page: Don't be evil "Don't be evil" was Google's former motto, and a phrase used in Google's corporate code of conduct.[1[21[3][4] In 2018, Google removed the original motto from the preface of its code of conduct, [°]

This commentary on Eric Schmidt's ill-received commencement speech at University of Arizona is spot on:
https://youtu.be/tlQ7EoJDTQY

It is a thoughtful, stern public call-out of a man who had all the power and opportunity to make the right, ethical decisions at Google, but didn't – and who now demands that students inhabiting the technofascist dystopia he helped create go in and fix it.

The booing at that commencement speech was a rare and much-needed moment of accountability for Schmidt.🔥

#Google

@Rycaut thanks for sharing your experience friend! Sounds like gmail sucks 😋

Did not know any of that, most people told me they prefer gmail and like it. What makes you stay? Not like #google is a good corp ;)

We’ll soon get a chance to see whether, frankly, our last hope, evil corp #Google, can still distinguish content created by #AI from Human one 🤖

Here’s how I would rank the detection difficulty:
1️⃣ Text
2️⃣ Code
3️⃣ Images
4️⃣ Gifs
5️⃣ Videos

If they already fail at level 5, we have a SERIOUS problem:
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/youtube-scanning-labeling-ai-slop

#Artificialintelligence #Content #Data #IT #LLM #Model #News #Futurism #Tech #Technology #Detection #Article #Video #Youtube #AIslop #slop #future #internet

I googled a line which a social media post claims is from a translated Egyptian stele to see if there was a better source for it and AI told me to go to L'Avenue (a touristy bistro down the street which I avoid).

#generativeAI #google #epicurious #citation #weredoomed

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Google: Do not weary of drinking, eating, getting intoxicated and making love! Make holiday! Al Overview Cheers to that! It's an excellent philosophy, and if you are looking to put it into action right here in Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, you have some of the best food, drinks, and nightlife in the city right outside your door. Here is a quick guide to making the most of your holiday in the neighborhood: + Epicurean Feasting: For stellar BYOB dining, grab a table at L'Avenue on Mont- Royal for an unforgettable brunch, or head to Schwartz's Deli (just a short walk south) for Montreal's legendary smoked meat. + Drink & Get Intoxicated: The Plateau is famous for its vibrant bar scene. Sip world- class cocktails at L'Gros Luxe, grab a local Quebec craft pint at Vices & Versa on Saint-Laurent, or enjoy a cozy, intimate vibe at Le Lab. + Make Holiday: Take a romantic or leisurely stroll up to the lookout at Mount Royal Park to watch the sunset, then wander the shaded paths of La Fontaine Park. Always pace yourself, and enjoy the holiday!

@Rycaut I'm pretty sure #Google is even the only company that can still fully distinguish #AI content from human one.

baaahh why is literally EVERY app nowadays on #Google Play flagged with "contains ads". I want a filter for "non ad"-apps!!

PC Mag: DuckDuckGo Sees Surge in Installs After Google Goes All-In on AI Search at I/O. “At I/O last week, Google announced its biggest Search upgrade in 25 years, but few seem impressed by its new AI features. Since the event, users have been flocking to DuckDuckGo, a rival search engine that lets them disable AI features altogether.” I hope some of them are checking out the alternatives I […]

#book #ya #youngadult #youngadulttoadult

Kicking from Beyond the 40

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#nook - http://barnesandnoble.com/s/2940156290420
#google - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Ashad_Mukadam_Kicking_from_Beyond_the_40?id=wqKkDwAAQBAJ
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#book #scifi #scififantasy #videogamenovel #videogames #sciencefiction #fantasy

Journey Through the Video Game World

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#kobo - https://kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/journey-through-the-video-game-world
#apple - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1448603621
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#google - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Ashad_Mukadam_Journey_Through_the_Video_Game_World?id=1wGcBQAAQBAJ
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#book #childrensbook #childrenstreasurehunt #treasurehuntnovel

The Treasure of Milky Lake

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#apple - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1448620464
#google - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Ashad_Mukadam_The_Treasure_of_Milky_Lake?id=tqGkDwAAQBAJ
#nook - http://barnesandnoble.com/s/2940156218646
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#readers get your copy today!

My new book, Xtreme Sabotage, is now available for purchase. If you would like to get the ebook version of it, please click one of the following links:

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#Google #ai #AIDataCenter

https://apnews.com/article/google-io-gemini-developers-conference-a984e6756032dc4af260f8fa27e8f4a9

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Google will make its search engine fully artificial intelligence on Tuesday, May 26. Eren Türkmen @erenturkmen The most important internet disaster of the last century and almost nobody is aware of it. Stone Mage @StoneMage It's like closing the library and now you're getting your answers at the reception only.

Reuters: EU plans to fine Google high triple-digit million euro sum, Handelsblatt reports. “The European Union is planning to fine ​Alphabet’s Google a high triple-digit million euro ‌amount as part of an antitrust investigation, Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper reported, citing commission sources.”

#Google bought out the firm that made my pedometer, and the updated data privacy statement is like: "We take your PRIVACY SERIOUSLY and GUARANTEE that we will NOT use ANY of your data for purposes that we have not yet thought of.
Please note that there may be data privacy amendments in the future."

If Kagi doesn’t seize this moment in a bigger way, it would be a big miss.

Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search
#Google #Kagi #Search

https://www.wired.com/story/even-if-you-hate-ai-you-will-use-google-ai-search/

Google Is Paving A New Information Superhighway

Getting from here to there is about to change
#Google #Tech #AI #Apple

https://warnercrocker.com/2026/05/23/google-is-paving-a-new-information-superhighway/

“This week I discovered the same pattern, executed by Google. Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. The file is named weights.bin. It lives in OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.”

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

#Google #AI #Chrome #Privacy #Law #Surveillance

Seems like a good day to re-up this reminder: “Google’s mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
Which information? The world’s. Are we part of the world? Yes. Do they need to access and use all our info to fulfill their mission? Obviously. Don’t we get access and use too? Sure, but there’s no mention in the mission of cost or presentation. If indexing is a process, AI is ultra processed.
#Google #AI
https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/our-approach/

RE: https://typo.social/@colinmford/116613158941426952

so #Google isn't even interested in scraping the web. they just want to sell the opportunity to write misinformation and propaganda for #aislopped search to the highest bidders.

eons ago, when i explained what SEO is to a non-techie friend they looked at me puzzled and said it sounded like a scam; that people were basically giving free labor to Google for the chance of a high ranking they could completely upend without explanation.

yup. #SEO has always been a #scam.

#NoAI #Google

Where can I find a howto about this `<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">` stuff, for removing a site from Google's bullshit?

I'd love a curated list to copy/paste.

🦇

Donnerstag: Nvidia-KI verdrängt GeForce, OpenAI nach Musk-Klage vor Börsengang

GeForce-Grafikkarten nun als Edge Computing + OpenAI-Börsenantrag in Kürze + Samsung-Streik vorerst abgesagt + GMX mit KI-Funktionen für E-Mails + #heiseshow

https://www.heise.de/news/Donnerstag-Nvidia-KI-verdraengt-GeForce-OpenAI-nach-Musk-Klage-vor-Boersengang-11301554.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Börse #EMail #Glasfaser #Google #hoDaily #Journal #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Nvidia #NVIDIAGeForce #OpenAI #Samsung #Streik #Wearables #news

It's not a secret that Google isn't the apple of our eye (there's a reason why we don't make any money from search deals with them) but yesterday's announcement about the changes coming to Google Search are plain depressing for the web as we know it. What started as a joke (the famous "It's not AI" video with @jon), is starting to feel dystopian at this point.

Anyway. Swimming against the current is exhausting, but the fight for a better web is more important than ever. And as long as there’s people willing to take the fight, there’s hope. 🔥 So we'll keep resisting: no opt-in, no opt-out, no nonsense. ✊

#AI #Google

ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris.

With Search now being sacrificed on the altar of AI dominance, the time has come for users to get serious about moving off Google services. It’s not only destroying its products; it’s trying to further degrade the web itself.

https://disconnect.blog/google-is-its-own-worst-enemy/

#tech #google #search #ai #generativeai #gemini

The Epstein Class don't want you bad mouthing Israel, the most perfect and moral nation on Earth /s 🐕

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/20/ai-engineer-says-google-unfairly-sacked-him-after-he-protested-against-work-for-israel

#Google #FreeSpeech #Censorship #FreePalestine #Genocide #EpsteinClass #TechBros

Analysis of Google I/O: Overdue honesty

Google's message is crystal clear, between the lines: the next decade of AI must answer the question of payment, comments Malte Kirchner in Mountain View.

https://www.heise.de/en/opinion/Analysis-of-Google-I-O-Overdue-honesty-11299968.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Android #Google #GoogleIO #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Wirtschaft #news

@emilymbender The good news: nobody needs #google. I've blocked all their MTAs, and resisted using their apps for quite some time. No problems so far.

FWIW, I still think AI glasses or AirPods with cameras, or whatever it is that Google announced today are not going to be successful products in the end. I don’t care what the spin is about privacy. You can’t spin creepy. #Tech #Apple #Google #AI