Post B4aNfc1JnYvG20uIXw by pafurijaz@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B4Z8nl70Bddo4i23aC by dangillmor@mastodon.social
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       Google's profound contempt for journalists is on display as it rewrites publications' headlines in search results, sometimes altering the meaning and intent of the original. https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experimentThe company calls it an "experiment" -- as if that makes it OK.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4ZLsVGDqcC5lUwBcm by huntingdon@mstdn.social
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       @dangillmor When he first became a vampire, I think Dracula called drinking blood an experiment.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4ZN03d0ZIXGKqlGnQ by jlargentaye@mas.to
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       @dangillmor headline writers have already demonstrated maximum contempt for journalists.I won’t mind if Google can provide a more accurate summary than the click- and rage-bait headlines that publications favor these days.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4ZR0TMDJ8hTwvMKx6 by dangillmor@mastodon.social
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       @jlargentaye I'm sorry to say you're right about that.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4ZUonIxiW3s9oWd5k by htpcnz@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor everyone moaning about copilot going to have the shock of their life that unlike their niche, masses are already flying with Captain Gemini..
       
 (DIR) Post #B4aNfc1JnYvG20uIXw by pafurijaz@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor I don’t recall the last time I used Google, but I’m sure it’s been 7–8 years, probably since I discovered DuckDuckGo. At first it was frustrating, much like the switch to Linux, but I don’t miss it. I would simply like to be able to use an Android device without Google, because even the iPhone doesn’t align with my way of life.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4b3316SnpjgbdanR2 by cyberwitch@goingdark.social
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       @dangillmor the amount of times i see YouTube video titles change in my subscription feed, over multiple content creators, is starting to make me wonder too
       
 (DIR) Post #B4b6xiQxBhn34Xu7v6 by agowa338@chaos.social
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       @dangillmor It goes even further. They want to replace the entire website they're linking to as well:> ...a system that evaluates your company’s landing page in real time and, if it decides the page won’t perform well enough for a specific user, replaces it with an AI-generated version assembled on the fly. The user never sees what your team built, they see what Google's machine learning model thinks they should see instead.https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website