| ▲ | HarHarVeryFunny 7 hours ago | |
So are companies paying more to have products featured in AI mode rather than just plain search? It sucks that Google seem to be phasing out plain search - for some specialized searches it ONLY gives me AI mode results, which are useless, and I have to go to Bing instead. | ||
| ▲ | Legend2440 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
>So are companies paying more to have products featured in AI mode rather than just plain search? No - in fact, the results listed in the article are not paid ads. You only can pay to be in the 'sponsored results' section at the bottom of the AI mode results. | ||
| ▲ | add-sub-mul-div 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
It's clearly part of the AI endgame that conversational AI output will sell an undisclosed promoted slant where possible. The money will not be left on the table. Regulation effectively no longer exists. | ||