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    Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries

    (gizmodo.com)
    788 points jsheard | 12 comments | 31 Jan 25 21:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.283s | source | bottom
    1. clircle ◴[31 Jan 25 21:49 UTC] No.42892565[source]▶
    Alternatively, you can just disable AI overviews in your Google settings. But that does not make for a very interesting Gizmodo article.
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    2. chatmasta ◴[31 Jan 25 21:57 UTC] No.42892655[source]▶
    Can you? I couldn’t figure out how to do that. Then again maybe it’s because I googled it and the AI result told me it’s not possible.

    Does anyone know if there’s a uBlock origin filter for this?

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    3. ToniCipriani ◴[31 Jan 25 21:59 UTC] No.42892682[source]▶
    Doesn't look like there's an official way to, most seem to involve hacking the search bar engines or installing an extension.

    https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-turn-off-ai-overview...

    4. ankit219 ◴[31 Jan 25 22:00 UTC] No.42892691[source]▶
    literally this: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/13572151?hl=en&c...
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    5. sunshinesnacks ◴[31 Jan 25 22:01 UTC] No.42892697[source]▶
    Same here…

    > AI Overview > You can't completely disable Google's AI Overviews in your search results, but you can use workarounds to hide them.

    The workarounds didn’t seem to work for me.

    6. sunshinesnacks ◴[31 Jan 25 22:02 UTC] No.42892710{3}[source]▶
    That doesn’t work for me. The option was already toggled off.
    7. chatmasta ◴[31 Jan 25 22:02 UTC] No.42892711{3}[source]▶
    > Note: Turning off “AI Overviews and more” in Search Labs will not disable all AI Overviews in Search. AI Overviews are part of Google Search like other features, such as knowledge panels, and can’t be turned off
    8. serviceberry ◴[31 Jan 25 22:02 UTC] No.42892712[source]▶
    There's no setting for that, Google is intentionally not giving you that choice. You can append &udm=14 to the search URL in browser settings, but that constraints search results to the "web" subcategory, so you also lose fairly useful features, such as the calculator, weather infoboxes, etc.
    9. insin ◴[31 Jan 25 22:03 UTC] No.42892727[source]▶
    I made an extension for it, as I couldn't find anything existing that also worked on mobile:

    https://soitis.dev/ai-overview-hider-for-google

    You could also just use the underlying CSS in something like Stylus, or convert it to uBlock filters:

    https://github.com/insin/ai-overview-hider-for-google/blob/m...

    10. SubiculumCode ◴[31 Jan 25 22:41 UTC] No.42893190[source]▶
    Used the block element chooser by right clicking on the over view. However, I suspect it will be temporary given the random key: blocked: http://www.google.com/##div.EjQTId.YNk70c:nth-of-type(1)
    11. anigbrowl ◴[31 Jan 25 23:42 UTC] No.42893834[source]▶
    You should probably apologize or delete.
    12. clircle ◴[01 Feb 25 00:36 UTC] No.42894319[source]▶
    Seems like I’m mistaken about this, sorry everyone. I don’t have ai results in my google, don’t know why