That was bound to happen at some point, AI or not. Google search quality has been declining more and more every year, to the point that I'm almost sure that you

That was bound to happen at some point, AI or not. Google search quality has been declining more and more every year, to the point that I'm almost sure that you could build a better and smaller index for much cheaper with a curated domain list. AI brought down the price to compete from billions to a few millions, the monopoly is being threatened.