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Apart from browser extensions I haven’t found a way. :(

Which browser extensions 👀

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hide-...

Not directly, but there are a few hacks, but many of them have downsides! This is the way I have found works best. In uBlock origin on Firefox, I have this custom filter. This blocks the AI summary box as if it were an ad. But it does not block other google summary boxes, like for maps or flights.

text: www.google.com##div.EjQTId.YNk70c:nth-of-type(1)

another approach is to make your default web search engine a custom google search engine that ends with &udm=14, like this. but with this method, no map or flight summaries will automatically come up either, which can be annoying

I switched to DuckDuckGo to avoid AI.

You can create a custom search engine in your browser called {google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s This will almost give you the old google back, by enforcing web search, without any AI, widgets, ads and what have you. Looks a bit like mid 2000s Google.

But how do I make a custom search engine?

Under Chrome it's Settings --> Search Engine --> Manage search engines and site search. Then there's a button dor adding new custom engines. It wants three entries: Name: pick what you like, i called it "udm14" Abbreviation: pick again what you like URL: this is where you copy the link

I “think” you can use a -ai tag after the search

Huh!

This seems to work!

In my experience, Gemini has also been surprisingly bad compared to the alternatives. They all hallucinate, but Gemini seems to ignore my instructions almost entirely.

Today I learned!