@lauren

This is just a bandaid solution (for a problem that should not exist) but if you need/want to use google search and don't want to see that "AI" shit...

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hide-google-ai-overviews/neibhohkbmfjninidnaoacabkjonbahn

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hide-google-ai-overviews/

@lauren I still don't understand how this can possibly benefit Google, and not just burn money on compute in order to decrease their ad revenue.