At least it is less obvious than the way chrome is handling AI ‘integrations’. Google is hamfisting AI to the point where chrome is basically a billboard.
“DOES BABY WANT GEMINI?”
“DOES BABY WANT AI MODE?”
“DOES BABY WANT AI SUMMARY FOR 2 MINUTE YOUTUBE VIDEO?”
“I see you clicked no. I’ll remind baby a few days from now”
I got frustrated earlier this week, trying to remove AI suggestions from Google on my work account. It’s set up in such a way that I can’t opt out. Search for ways to remove AI from your results, and all the tutorials say to “Click the lab button” to disable AI.
I looked on my Google page - there is no “lab” button.
I looked up trouble-shooting for “no lab button,” and attempted to follow a direct link to the controls it’s supposed to provide.
Apparently, since my account is managed by a company, I don’t have access to permissions… including the permission to remove AI results. Fuck.
Long story short, although I really wanted to throw my work laptop into a fire, I instead decided to change my default search engine to DuckDuckGo.
I can’t escape the Google environment entirely, but at least I can still use a search engine that lets me opt out of automatically generating AI crap.
At least it is less obvious than the way chrome is handling AI ‘integrations’. Google is hamfisting AI to the point where chrome is basically a billboard.
“DOES BABY WANT GEMINI?”
“DOES BABY WANT AI MODE?”
“DOES BABY WANT AI SUMMARY FOR 2 MINUTE YOUTUBE VIDEO?”
“I see you clicked no. I’ll remind baby a few days from now”
Stop using chrome
I never said I used chrome personally. My work environment demands it.
I’m in the same boat - my work uses chromebooks.
I got frustrated earlier this week, trying to remove AI suggestions from Google on my work account. It’s set up in such a way that I can’t opt out. Search for ways to remove AI from your results, and all the tutorials say to “Click the lab button” to disable AI.
I looked on my Google page - there is no “lab” button.
I looked up trouble-shooting for “no lab button,” and attempted to follow a direct link to the controls it’s supposed to provide.
Apparently, since my account is managed by a company, I don’t have access to permissions… including the permission to remove AI results. Fuck.
Long story short, although I really wanted to throw my work laptop into a fire, I instead decided to change my default search engine to DuckDuckGo.
I can’t escape the Google environment entirely, but at least I can still use a search engine that lets me opt out of automatically generating AI crap.