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Re:Bard's latest updates: Access Gemini Pro globally and gen... by glial on Thursday February 01, 2024 @11:37AM (#39217841)
> imagine they actually do produce a breakthrough LLM but don't know how to monetize it yet and traffic to google search craters

ChatGPT has replaced maybe 1/2 of my Google searches and the cognitive relief from not having to wade through crap websites and ads is immense. The other 1/2 I'm slowly transitioning to Kagi because search results are more reliable. I'm afraid Google's best days may be behind it.

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Re:Bard's latest updates: Access Gemini Pro globally and gen... by make3 on Thursday February 01, 2024 @11:46AM (#39217953)
the fact that this would reduce half of the world's net traffic if you're representative & as such eliminate the motivation for people to produce the content, makes me think some of the lawsuits will work
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Re:Bard's latest updates: Access Gemini Pro globally and gen... by empath-nirvana on Thursday February 01, 2024 @11:55AM (#39218093)
It makes me think the opposite, really. If something is a runaway success that most people like, governments are going to support it, not try to kill it.
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Re:Bard's latest updates: Access Gemini Pro globally and gen... by whimsicalism on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:13PM (#39218345)
if the opposition is fragmented but there are consolidated entities making lots of money, it will go to the consolidated
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