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Stop using generative AI as a search engine (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] leanleft@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

from a privacy perspective..
you might as well use a vpn or tor. same thing.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, but that’s not the only benefit to it. It’s a metasearch engine, meaning it searches all the individual sites you ask for, and combines the results into one page. This makes it more akin to DDG, but it doesn’t just use one search provider.

[–] leanleft@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

it's a fantastic metasearch engine. but also people frequently dont configure it to its max potential IMO . one common mishap is the frequent default setting of sending queries to google. 💩