Do we just need to accept that Google is sort of broken now?

Yes, we need to accept that it is broken and move on to something that isn't

Some of us left it behind quite awhile ago:-).

Today I was trying to look up the syntax for how to search before a certain date on Google. The google AI overview turned out to be wrong

"nope", but it's a 100-word excerpt from Reddit that pops in just as you're about to click a link and shifts everything down.

Well in fairness I've never been to Italy, so it's possible it doesn't exist.

Does Italy exist?

Google: Blue right?

Well i guess i don't really exist then.

I'm in Finland so I can only give a sad forlorn look toward Italy and say "First time?"

Anyway.

Now:

Me: "What's the weather like today?"

Computer: "It'll be 25°C or so."

Me: "How do you know that?"

Computer: "I looked up your location and queried the national weather service."

Soon:

Me: "What's the weather like today?"

Computer: "It'll be 25°C or so."

Me: "How do you know that?"

Computer: "Fuck if I know. I've just learned that is a thing that people apparently say in situations like this."

Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, Mothman, Italians. All folklore.

I switched to the French search engine Qwant. Much nicer.

The CIA: "we fuckin' knew it!"

It has become so bad for results in Spanish too, that I am now self-hosting SearXNG even though I'm the only one using it in my family lol

I did just ask this question of Google assistant and it worked fine. I asked it about rings as well and it explained the composition of rings and pointed to Saturn as the primary example. I definitely think there has been a degradation in service, but the examples given here actually perform just fine.

Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune also have rings, so the search from 2 years ago was also inaccurate.

Do we need to? yes and it is harboring the end of privacy, independence, freedom and our right to live. Will we? Nope

Yep

Well, google's American, and American's like talking about "iddly" a lot. From context it would appear to be related to Italy. So perhaps try googling "does iddly exist" (tldr: it does).

broken, but not broke. Sadly.

Denying reality for delusions is always an option.

Use https://wiby.me/ for everything but documentation

Bring back Infoseek