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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago (28 children)

With 68% of consumers reporting using AI to support their decision making, voice is making this easier. [1]

Does anybody actually believe that 68% of consumers use or even want Copilot? But they included a source for this very generous assertion at the bottom of the page:

[1] Based on Microsoft-commissioned online study of U.S. consumers ages 13 years of age or older conducted by Edelman DXI and Assembly, 1,000 participants, July 2025.

Oh yeah, that's compelling: US consumers, 13 years old and older. An entire thousand of them!

So the only question I have left is which junior high principal Microsoft "compensated" for this survey, and what happened to the 320 summer school attendees who said fuck you, no anyway.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

When google shoves their ai to the top of search results, its hard not to read it. I've been spoiled by ublock and I am no longer used to ignoring the first few things that come up.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My favorite is when AI summary answers a question, then the links from the search below contradict that answer. It's shit for biomedical research.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe Marginalia could work for you? I've tried using it, but it's a lot more focused on academic stuff (rather than figuring out song lyrics or which episode some TV quote came from). It's an "old school" search engine, though, so a bit less convenient than google, duckduckgo, etc. if you weren't around in 90s/early 00s for that.

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