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Warn HN: DuckDuckGo is doing AI summaries for search results now?
Searching for "steam deck gamescope"[0], the first search result looked suspiciously autosummarized[1]. Refreshing the page seems to generate new summaries every time, for the exact same query[2][3].
None of these quotes appear in the page itself[4], in the content or source code.
There is no warning that this is happening, nor can I see a way to turn it off. Curiously, it only seems to happen for the first result, the other results' summaries appear verbatim in their respective pages.
[0]: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=steam+deck+gamescope&t=ffab&ia=web
[1]: https://i.imgur.com/k9WJneo.png
[2]: https://i.imgur.com/4MRXWCm.png
[3]: https://i.imgur.com/EWjQ4Xt.png
[4]: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/0/5764050278022223667/
- Nullabillity 3y agoThis seems to be Bing's fault, they do the exact same thing: https://i.imgur.com/YfP01T7.png https://i.imgur.com/YfP01T7.png
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- al_borland 3y agoI see all these articles about the cost of running all these AI tools. I find it odd they'd do it here, for every result. It seems very expensive, while having very little pay off.
- richardjam73 3y agoIt is appears to be pulling random text segments from the page because I got text that included Steam Communities censorship. The text appears exactly the same as on the page so it is not autosummarised.
- bedits 3y agoHere you go https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/8/23629095/duckduckgo-ai-answers-browser-app-extension-search https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/8/23629095/duckduckgo-ai-ans...