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Cursing Disables Google's AI Overviews

Friday January 31, 2025. 09:05 PM , from Slashdot
Cursing Disables Google's AI Overviews
Google users have discovered that adding curse words to search queries disables the company's AI-powered overview feature. While Google's Gemini AI system typically avoids profanity, inserting expletives into search terms bypasses AI summaries and delivers traditional web results instead. Users can also disable AI overviews by adding '-ai' or other text strings after a minus sign to their queries.

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