Google Search now has an option to search the "web," which is not the default anymore.

Billions of queries becoming way more energy intensive for a feature almost nobody asked for, now the default. What the fuck are we even doing

Thalestr
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Appeasing shareholders and investors.

How? Are they expecting more ad income to offset the energy costs?

@Blackmist@feddit.uk
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Probably injecting ads “naturally” into the conversation.

“Google, how do I calculate the circumference of a sphere?”

“Sign up for online math classes with University of Arizona today!”

And it will hallucinate and give wrong answers

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