"These AI-generated summaries have been around for months now, and their aim is to quickly give you a one-stop answer to whatever it is you're searching for. This is the same kind of AI-generated conversational response you might get from an AI chatbot like ChatGPT-and just as with ChatGPT, the answers in AI Overviews aren't always kosher. Google doesn't make it easy to disable AI Overviews in its search results, but you do have a few options if you want to avoid the AI summaries."
"Method #1: Add the -ai parameter to the end of every search query. For example, if I'm searching for "best carbon steel pans" and I don't want the AI summary, I can search best carbon steel pans -ai. As of this writing, Google still respects this search parameter. Method #2: Install a browser extension that does it for you. If you use Chrome, you can install the Hide Google AI Overviews extension from the Chrome Web Store."
Google Search displays AI Overviews: AI-generated summaries at the top of results meant to provide quick one-stop answers. Those summaries mirror conversational chatbot responses and can produce inaccurate or unreliable information. Google does not offer an obvious built-in toggle to remove AI Overviews, but several user-side workarounds exist. Users can append -ai to queries to suppress the summaries. Users can install the open-source Hide Google AI Overviews Chrome extension to remove summaries automatically. Users can set up a custom search shortcut using the udm=14 parameter. Users can switch to DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, or Brave Search to avoid default AI results.
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