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Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines

80 points by imartin2k 7mo ago

arunakt 7mo ago
Hmm, needed with fancy AI ready information
blitzar 7mo ago
Its A1 all the way down.
p5v 7mo ago
“I figured that I could always fall back to those blue links to get a relatively unadulterated experience. Now, I have to wonder.” When the last neutral layer goes, what's left is the people you chose to follow. I've been sitting with that thought while building https://murmel.social https://murmel.social
- whattheheckheck 7mo ago
  Is this like social Ground News?
  - p5v 7mo ago
    More like what Nuzzel used to be back in the day: https://web.archive.org/web/20140321102815/http://nuzzel.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140321102815/http://nuzzel.com...
- unicornporn 7mo ago
  Cool. Anything different from https://sill.social https://sill.social?
  - p5v 6mo ago
    I think this post sums it up pretty well: https://preslav.me/2026/03/25/murmel-competition-identity-trust-roadmap/ https://preslav.me/2026/03/25/murmel-competition-identity-tr...
billyp-rva 7mo ago
I can see this being a net benefit if it's limited to re-writing clickbait headlines.
- lapcat 7mo ago
  > if it's limited to re-writing clickbait headlines It's already not so limited: "sometimes changing their meaning in the process." "It almost sounds like we’re endorsing a product we do not recommend at all."
- afavour 7mo ago
  I hate clickbait headlines but I disagree. Let a site succeed or fail based on their choices. If they want to use clickbait headlines they won’t get my clicks. Rewriting headlines feels like a fundamental break in the contract of a search engine.
  - billyp-rva 7mo ago
    I mean HN modifies headlines all the time. Sometimes hours after the fact. News sites themselves A/B test headlines constantly. I don't really think there is any "contract" to speak of.
    - lazide 7mo ago
      There is a massive difference between a specific website changing things (even an aggregator), and a search engine.
    - add-sub-mul-div 7mo ago
      And that sucks. I don't want the paternalistic thought policing.
Pwntastic 7mo ago
https://archive.ph/VKgxt https://archive.ph/VKgxt
frereubu 7mo ago
This has been going on for at least three years, although perhaps they left more popular sites like The Verge alone. My wife's business rebranded three years ago and they kept the old brand as part of the title, presumably because there were lots of links pointing to it with the old title.
nullorigin 6mo ago
Whole google is AI now

80 points by imartin2k 7mo ago

arunakt 7mo ago

Hmm, needed with fancy AI ready information

blitzar 7mo ago

Its A1 all the way down.

p5v 7mo ago

“I figured that I could always fall back to those blue links to get a relatively unadulterated experience. Now, I have to wonder.” When the last neutral layer goes, what's left is the people you chose to follow. I've been sitting with that thought while building https://murmel.social https://murmel.social

whattheheckheck 7mo ago
Is this like social Ground News?
- p5v 7mo ago
  More like what Nuzzel used to be back in the day: https://web.archive.org/web/20140321102815/http://nuzzel.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140321102815/http://nuzzel.com...
unicornporn 7mo ago
Cool. Anything different from https://sill.social https://sill.social?
- p5v 6mo ago
  I think this post sums it up pretty well: https://preslav.me/2026/03/25/murmel-competition-identity-trust-roadmap/ https://preslav.me/2026/03/25/murmel-competition-identity-tr...

billyp-rva 7mo ago

I can see this being a net benefit if it's limited to re-writing clickbait headlines.

lapcat 7mo ago
> if it's limited to re-writing clickbait headlines It's already not so limited: "sometimes changing their meaning in the process." "It almost sounds like we’re endorsing a product we do not recommend at all."
afavour 7mo ago
I hate clickbait headlines but I disagree. Let a site succeed or fail based on their choices. If they want to use clickbait headlines they won’t get my clicks. Rewriting headlines feels like a fundamental break in the contract of a search engine.
- billyp-rva 7mo ago
  I mean HN modifies headlines all the time. Sometimes hours after the fact. News sites themselves A/B test headlines constantly. I don't really think there is any "contract" to speak of.
  - lazide 7mo ago
    There is a massive difference between a specific website changing things (even an aggregator), and a search engine.
  - add-sub-mul-div 7mo ago
    And that sucks. I don't want the paternalistic thought policing.

Pwntastic 7mo ago

https://archive.ph/VKgxt https://archive.ph/VKgxt

frereubu 7mo ago

This has been going on for at least three years, although perhaps they left more popular sites like The Verge alone. My wife's business rebranded three years ago and they kept the old brand as part of the title, presumably because there were lots of links pointing to it with the old title.

nullorigin 6mo ago

Whole google is AI now