By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026Their most common confession: "I only ever use Google's AI-generated search summaries these days. I no longer click those blue links beneath it, not even to verify the summary." 3/ 1777
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026People know that the summaries are full of "hallucinations" (that is, "defects" or "errors") but the summaries are right often enough that many people have come to rely on them, to the exclusion of actual websites, made by actual people, on the actual internet. 4/ 212221
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026Everyone knows this isn't good. The reason there's a web for Google's AI to summarize is that Google - a thrice-convicted monopoly search company with a 90% market share - directs people to websites, and when you visit a website, you generate revenue for the site, which pays for its maintenance. 5/ 113919
drotor.bsky.social @drotor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026That’s a big assumption. Some large part of the internet is made and populated with AI slop. 000
