#generative ai research

[digitalhiccup]

Just dropping this Anti-GenAI resource here: this chrome extension removes the AI overview from your google searches. More info under the cut.

★ The source files do not mention that it affects google metrics so i'm sure that under the surface Google is still generating a response, but hopefully google can see this in some shape or form. ★ During Q1 of 2026 the tech conglomerate Alphabet Inc., parent company to Google, spent a whopping $4.1M on federal AI lobbying, nearly $46,000 a day, as described in this article. ★ Feedback can easily be given to Google through their reports page here. Below is a sample message you can send to Google if you would like to express your disagreement with this feature not already being available as part of Google's settings. ★★★ "I disagree with Google's decision to not include the option to disable the genAI search overview as part of Google's settings."

[missanniewhimsy]

ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

...of the three groups, ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.” Over the course of several months, ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.