Google Accused of Breaking Exact Search and Boolean Operators to Force AI Results
birchlse · x · 2026-08-13
Multiple users report that Google has quietly altered its search logic, breaking exact phrase matches with quotation marks and returning irrelevant results. Some speculate this is a deliberate move to break Boolean operators (like -ai), forcing users to view AI-generated overviews.
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