One Tech Tip: Ready to go beyond Google? Here's how to use new generative AI search sites
A lot people think Google searches are getting worse. And the rise of generative AI chatbots is giving people new and different ways to look up information. While Google has been the one-stop shop for decades — after all, we do call online searches “googling” — its longtime dominance has attracted a flood of spammy links and AI-generated junk content fueled by “search engine optimization” techniques. That pushes down genuinely useful results. Studies by researchers suggest the quality of traditional Google search results is indeed declining. Now, chatbots powered by generative artificial intelligence, including from Google itself, are shaking up how search works. But because the tech is so new, there are concerns about chatbots' accuracy and reliability.