SMRTR TechMay 20, 2026Hacker News

Google Declaring War on the Web

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Google's latest AI Search push, announced at Google I/O, signals a shift away from linking users to websites and toward serving AI-generated answers instead. This effectively buries the open web behind a Google-controlled layer, turning creators' work into unpaid raw material for its AI. The move raises serious concerns about Google monopolizing information access and eliminating the participatory, open nature of the web.

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