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Ask HN: Will AI obliterate small search services? (e.g. DDG, Brave search)
While Microsoft and Google press ahead developing AI in their search engines, what will happen to the search engines like DuckDuckGo (DDG) or Brave search, or others? These small, independent, privacy-friendly search services are tiny compared to the tech giants. Will AI obliterate small, independent search services? (Or see their usage drop further?) Can AI be incroporated in other search services?
- smoldesu 4y agoDo we know if AI actually affected traffic to these sites? Even as someone who really likes AI, I've honestly found myself using Google/DDG more than before, just to find actual credible content on machine learning.
- breckenedge 4y agoWhat sort of AI are you talking about?
- vanilla-almond 4y agoLike ChatGPT for text or chat results, but I can also foresee a future when entering search box 'prompts' can create AI-generated images (without leaving your search results).
- cactusplant7374 4y agoThe incumbents already have the advantage. We need regulation. Consumers should be presented with a choice of different browsers when booting a device for the first time.