The author also suggests using a Chrome extension called "Hide Google AI Overviews" that hides the AI results. For mobile users, the author recommends using Firefox, as it allows users to manually add a search engine and avoid AI overviews. The author expresses concern that Google does not provide a way to turn off AI Overviews in its settings and criticizes the company for potentially misleading users with incorrect information.
Key takeaways:
- Google's 'AI Overviews' feature, also known as SGE (Search Generative Experience), is criticized for providing plagiarized and often incorrect summaries above its search results.
- There are ways to avoid these AI overviews and go straight to search results, such as directing all queries to Google's web search tab or using a Chrome extension that hides the AI results.
- These methods, however, do not work for Chrome on Android or iOS. An alternative is to use a different mobile browser, such as Firefox.
- Firefox allows you to manually add a search engine, enabling you to avoid Google's AI overviews on mobile devices.