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[–] Deckname@olio.cafe 27 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Yes they addressed it here. its kind of understandable given that they want to exist and everyone else has AI... But companies... At least you can turn it off.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 3 points 2 hours ago

I want to know what economic forces are making it so that having AI, which costs money and very few users actually want, such a forgone conclusion. Who is paying them?

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 22 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

At this point, not having AI would be a selling point.

[–] Magnum 17 points 5 hours ago

I wish they would have talked about how many teees you need to offset an ecosia AI search