- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.world
While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more niche queries, this design choice could also prove chaotic.
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/google-updates-ai-search-to-include-expert-advice-from-reddit-and-other-web-forums/
They want to be the middleman so they can inject ads and promotional content and pass it off as an authoritative AI assessment of whatever you’re asking about.
This is not helped by the fact that a lot of companies already pay people to say good things about their brand and products