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Re:Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination by snorremd on Friday May 24, 2024 @01:51PM (#40468654)
And this is why I subscribe to Kagi. They also have AI based summary, but you have to invoke it manually on a specific search result (in which case you know where the info is coming from).

I feel like we're on a race to the bottom. All of Silicon Valley and beyond have big FOMO on the AI hype train and any and all use of AI pleases investors. I guess we'll see how it all pans out in a few years.

One thing is for sure, generative AI and LLMs open up a whole can of worms in terms of disinformation and information noise on the Internet. The signal to noise ratio will greatly shift with these new initiatives.

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Re:Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination by spaceman_2020 on Friday May 24, 2024 @02:44PM (#40469234)
Kagi is just too expensive for non US folks. The family plan costs more than my family's monthly wifi, netflix, and phone bills combined.
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Re:Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination by snorremd on Friday May 24, 2024 @04:19PM (#40470147)
I can empathize with this. If not for my decent salary by European standards, I’m not sure I would prioritize paying for search when there are free options available.

It would be nice if more services used purchasing parity based pricing so more people could benefit.

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Re:Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination by dingaling on Friday May 24, 2024 @05:42PM (#40470714)
It also stings that I can't pay by PayPal, so not only would I have to pay the currency exchange margin to US Dollars but my bank also changes an out-of-currency fee.

I understand that they're probably focusing on US market growth first, but the UK and EU surely have potential too.

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Re:Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination by eco on Friday May 24, 2024 @08:50PM (#40471790)
Oh! That's at least one reason why people say they need to pay with PayPal. I've see people saying they won't buy things until PayPal was supported, but I couldn't figure it out for the longest time how anyone would be in a situation where paying with PayPal would be essential. Thanks for explaining that.
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