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ChatGPT Can Be Used as Default Safari Search Engine With New Extension
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Just to be clear, for all those who benefit from “Ai” - great. Have at it.
It does not do anything for me that makes my life easier and more enjoyable. If that changes, I’ll look into it. Until then: No thank you
Good for you. Nobody is forcing you to use it. I don’t use it either. But some people will want to use ChatGPT search over Google search by default.
ChatGPT has it’s place and can be superior to Google at times, but there are a ton of situations where it makes getting the info I want take longer or outright fail.
Specific examples:
1) I’ve been watching the show Day Of The Jackal and sometimes read the Reddit discussions after. Googling Day Of The Jackal episode 9 Reddit gives the main discussion thread for that episode as the first result. ChatGPT gives me a Reddit link to a thread called Finale Thoughts (episode 9 is not the finale, 10 is) followed by AI synopsis of reviews from various review and recap websites. Not Reddit and not what I was looking for.
2) A Google search for a local restaurant followed by the street name gives me, of course, the listing for the restaurant with all the info I’m looking for right there- website, phone number, menu, reviews, hours of operation, directions etc. ChatGPT gives me a TripAdvisor link (nope, don’t want it) then an AI writeup about the restaurant from its website and other verbose writeups from review websites, DoorDash/UberEats etc.
So I use the ChatGPT app for the things it’s good for and Safari with Google or DuckDuckGo for more traditional searches and have Safari in the dock and ChatGPT’s app icon right above that. Simple enough for me.
Specific examples:
1) I’ve been watching the show Day Of The Jackal and sometimes read the Reddit discussions after. Googling Day Of The Jackal episode 9 Reddit gives the main discussion thread for that episode as the first result. ChatGPT gives me a Reddit link to a thread called Finale Thoughts (episode 9 is not the finale, 10 is) followed by AI synopsis of reviews from various review and recap websites. Not Reddit and not what I was looking for.
2) A Google search for a local restaurant followed by the street name gives me, of course, the listing for the restaurant with all the info I’m looking for right there- website, phone number, menu, reviews, hours of operation, directions etc. ChatGPT gives me a TripAdvisor link (nope, don’t want it) then an AI writeup about the restaurant from its website and other verbose writeups from review websites, DoorDash/UberEats etc.
So I use the ChatGPT app for the things it’s good for and Safari with Google or DuckDuckGo for more traditional searches and have Safari in the dock and ChatGPT’s app icon right above that. Simple enough for me.
So instead of having to merely navigate around generative nonsense offered up by Google or masquerading as source material I can simply replace my primary portal to information with it entirely?
Gee. So tempting.
Gee. So tempting.
No, they're different. AI on the device is a small language model for specialized tasks.
Devil’s advocate here: Couldn’t you argue Google’s search algorithm is a form of AI?
I think it's extremely disrespectful when developers insist on posting the same boilerplate text for every single update! Some do a stellar job at update notes, but others just don't seem to comprehend why it's important for many of their users.
Yes, AI is just an umbrella term for many technologies. Machine Learning, being one subset of such technologies, has been in use on our devices and the internet for decades. Google Search, along with all other search engines, is a perfect example of such tech in use.
On topic, this article is confusing. The title says 'Default Search Engine"... and the last paragraph contradicts that. That ChatGPT extension feels more like a hack than a real solution, and won't be getting installed on my devices.
As if Google results weren't bad enough nowadays, now I can have my search be sh***ier and hallucinated.
You're using varying degrees of AI every day. Traffic lights that keep you safe on the road are powered by a degree of AI. Cellular network traffic management. Typing suggestions. Basic photo processing. The list goes on.... many invisible ways that different degrees of AI are adding value to your life and you don't even realize it.
I think you're just referring to this latest iteration called "Generative AI", but that's not the whole ball of wax.
Sure, you could classify almost everything “computing” as “AI”. And as of late google puts their “AI” generated stuff on top, but at least the search results are still there. When/If that changes, I’ll be done.
“AI”, maybe “generative AI” as it is hyped right now is what I’m talking about.
Yes, correct, just that it used to be called “computing” but times change… but yes, “genAI” is what I was referring to
Wish Apple would allow setting any search engine as default in Safari, similar to browsers using Chromium, just by editing a text field.
I'm not scared of AI but I am wary. Right now, other than medical application, I don't see much use for it for myself other than creative writing tweaks.
It looks pretty bad compared to Google search results. Even in the example video they posted, it failed to understand what the user was searching for and gave a non-useful, excessively wordy disambiguation response.
Admittedly I also find Google's AI summary results pretty annoying, and sometimes inaccurate. But at least with Google you get normal search results right below it.
Admittedly I also find Google's AI summary results pretty annoying, and sometimes inaccurate. But at least with Google you get normal search results right below it.
And for an small free Tim will ship it as default. Someone has make up for the loss of Google's income after all.
And don't worry, it'll still be privatest service Apple has ever bundled. /s So people will buy it.
I just hope they take the 20 billions and pay enough engineers to have a proper Siri working before 2030.
And don't worry, it'll still be privatest service Apple has ever bundled. /s So people will buy it.
I just hope they take the 20 billions and pay enough engineers to have a proper Siri working before 2030.
I’m not old enough to remember, but were there a lot of tech-forward people going around saying “I don’t want anything to do with this newfangled ‘internet’ thing” in the early 90s?
Like, I understand if you haven’t figured out a regular use for it, but so many people on here act like AI is some sort of scam that it generally confuses me.
Like, I understand if you haven’t figured out a regular use for it, but so many people on here act like AI is some sort of scam that it generally confuses me.
The privacy issues make this a huge non starter for most-unless you don't care about that kinda stuff