Google, just like Microsoft, puts lots of effort into adding its Gemini AI to its products. AI is changing the Internet as we know it.
There is the AI Overviews feature, which gives searches an AI generated answer on Google Search. Other examples include the Gemini button on properties such as Gmail or Google Docs.
Hide Gemini is a browser extension that removes Google AI features on Google sites. It does away with AI Overviews and most / all Gemini buttons that Google has added to its services.
The extension is available for Chromium-based browsers, including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera, and also Mozilla Firefox and Firefox-based browsers such as Mullvad Browser or Tor Browser.
Hide Gemini works automatically in the background. All you have to do is install it in your browser of choice. It either removes the AI content or uses CSS to hide it, so that it is not visible anymore when you access Google services such as Search or Gmail.
The developer notes that some AI content may still show up. One example is the “help we write” feature on Google Docs, which shows up in the canvas area. Temporary promotions that Google adds to its services may also be visible, even with the extension installed.
Extensions like Hide Gemini work well most of the time, but they work only when code is not changed by Google. Any change that Google makes to its sites may result in AI content being shown again, even with the extension installed.
This is only a temporary nuisance, provided that the developer reacts quickly and updates the extension to take the changes into account.
What is your take on AI features plastered on the web? Is that something that you use regularly or try to avoid as best as you can? Feel free to leave a comment down below.
What is your take on AI features plastered on the web?
Haven’t really noticed AI on the Internet–yet. My surfing is restricted to a few sites; sometimes I have to search for something. I noticed DDG has some type of AI intrusion for some searches. What to do if I do encounter “plastering”? Or maybe the sites I go to and the searches I make aren’t relevant enough for AI intrusion. Good to know extension. Thanks!
No idea about Google which I avoid. AI features are also included in other than Google search engines, i.e. DuckDuckGo (DDG), Brave Search and Qwant. I do happen to visit DDG’s AI Chat (https://duck.ai/) but I disable its AI interfering in search results. Concerning Brave Search and Qwant, I disable their AI features as well.
Personally I seldom call upon AI assistance but if I do it’ll be with AI engines requiring no fee and no subscription.
I tried of course ChatGPT which is supposed to be accessible without registration at the cost of a primitive version (old 3.5 I think) and indeed it answered to a several very basic questions… but only 2-3 times, after what it asked to open an account… and that was after cache & cookies removed (hence on my IP). Therefor no ChatGPT here.
To summarize:
– No AI interfering in search engines’ results.
– But one AI chat here : DDG’s AI Chat.
– Once in a while a look at an AI only driven Search engine : ‘Deepfind AI Search’ (https://www.deepfind.co/), rather primitive, but includes the sources of its search results, summarizes but on little data, not (yet) a reference IMO.
AI, Social Media, Splitting the atom. In theory, these were good ideas with the possibility to enhance living conditions for humans.
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But the people that actually built and use these things have different goals, different morals, and we can all see the results.
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“Everything you create you use to destroy” .. Leeloo
“What is your take on AI features plastered on the web?” I use Brave Search ad Google (backup) with AI features turned off. But I started to use Leo AI if search becomes too time-consuming or empty. I also use Venice AI once in a blue moon if I have NSFW questions.