J.R. Johnson

I don’t usually curse, and when I do I try to pick my moments. Now that we’re in the AI era, here’s one such moment:

“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews

If you search Google for a way to turn off the company’s AI-powered search results, you may well get an AI Overview telling you that AI Overviews can’t be directly disabled in Google Search. But if you instead ask Google how to turn off “f***ing Google AI results,” you’ll get a standard set of useful web suggestions without any AI Overview at the top. (asterisks added to protect delicate reader sensibilities)

Seems to work with DuckDuckGo too. A handy tip for the modern age!

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