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Google – Alphabet's Sour Soup

Google's search quality has declined significantly after the company's AI push, failing to deliver the world's best search experience. The post criticizes Alphabet for dropping the ball on search innovation.

read1 min views36 publishedJun 24, 2026

What happened to search? To be fair, Google failed to actually achieve the goal of world's best, but...to have dropped the ball so badly after AI. Who's got real news in the zoo?

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48665439](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48665439)

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news.ycombinator.com — original article Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (August 2026) Ask HN: Anything as Fast as Google's AI Mode in the CLI? Ask HN: Should AI's tell you they're AI?
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