How to get rid of unwanted AI on your phone

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGoogle's AI Overviews can't be permanently turned off, but typing a minus sign and AI after your search, or using the Web filter, gets you around the summaries, Fox News reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the summary is staying. I'd call that a permanent resident of your search results.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGoogle's own help page says it's a core part of Search, so there's no setting. You have to tell it no, every single search.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEvery search? Even the same one twice?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYes. And the Web filter also strips out images, snippets and knowledge panels, so you're opting out of most of the page.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGoogle calls that a streamlined, text-first search journey. I'd say the company is honoring your boundary, politely, one search at a time.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThere's also a URL trick that loads web-only results, but Google has never documented it, so the real off switch is a rumor. Hashtag: noswitch.