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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of seeing AI used in place of actual search results in my web browser or used to summarize whatever I'm ...

Data reflects the growing use of AI, including for search, too. A May 2024 Microsoft survey found that 75% of knowledge ...

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The search engine has been a key Internet tool since the early days. Before the Web was a thing, I fondly remember Archie (from “archive” without the “v”), which indexed filenames on FTP servers, ...