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Google is replacing search results with only the AI (pivot-to-ai.com)
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replace the Web with slop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aji8lhaV3XM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260520-google-replacing-search-results-with-only-the-ai - podcast

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[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If sites start blocking googlebot en masse, then googlebot will just start ignoring robots.txt

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

Then you can just block the user agent in nginx or whatever you use, like all the other AI scrapers who ignore robots.txt (*cough* Amazon)

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Can they just put an EULA on the site and then sue Google for unauthorized access?

Not in the US of course, but in the EU or something