In the latest issue of the Recomendo newsletter, my friend and colleague Claudia Dawson wrote about Oldestsearch.com a site that t"reverse-orders all Google search results so that you see the oldest webpages first. This is refreshing to use, because I so often feel like all the top results are repetitive." It's also fun, and a little sad, to see what the old weird Internet of 20 years ago was like.
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Crappy AI-generated websites flourishing in search results
Trouble's brewing, what with all the unreadable AI dreck turning up in search results. Soulless and repetitious generated text is forcing out everything from the old machine-written junk (like those… READ THE REST
In a challenge to Google, Microsoft is adding ChatGPT to Bing
I can't remember the last time I used Microsoft's Bing search engine. But if Microsoft's plan to power Bing with OpenAI's GPT technology is successful, I'll probably start using it… READ THE REST
A search engine for weird old books
Boing Boing contributor Clive Thompson has a specialty search engine which allows you to search on public domain books published prior to 1924. Clive is a big proponent of "rewilding"… READ THE REST
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TL;DR: Save over $350 on a refurbished Apple iPad Pro 10.5" 256GB, plus a free accessories bundle, with this sweet deal on sale for just $315.99 right now. Tech fans, it's time… READ THE REST
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