Surprise! Experimental evidence indicates Google lies about AI Search, users don't love it.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.18352
Google’s AI Search reduces clicks to publisher websites and presents a user experience that is so bad it makes them seek out alternative search engines...
Dave Black
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2026-09-23 22:27:31 UTC
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