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  • AI Search Engine Results - Yes, sigh... AGAIN!

    From Bob La Londe@none@none.com99 to rec.crafts.metalworking on Sun Feb 8 13:56:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    I had quit using Google on my desktop in personal protest over
    Alphabet's domination and aggressive data harvesting model, but recently
    after multiple just plain wrong AI concatenations by Bing's AI search
    engine result I started using Google again.

    While both Google and Bing AI results often project a political and
    legal bias, on more technical, craft, and hobby searches the Google
    search AI result was actually quite good. In particular I was search
    for all kinds of answers regarding jetting, air flow, and various
    accessory connections for small engines. Bing would often just say "no
    answer available," and Google would provide numbers. Numbers backed up
    by secondary sources who had done the actual tasks involved.

    I still have a distrust of AI results, but Bing just sucks.
    --
    Bob La Londe
    CNC Molds N Stuff

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  • From ABLE1@somebody@nowhere.com to rec.crafts.metalworking on Mon Feb 9 09:06:36 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    On 2/8/2026 3:56 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    I had quit using Google on my desktop in personal protest over
    Alphabet's domination and aggressive data harvesting model, but recently after multiple just plain wrong AI concatenations by Bing's AI search
    engine result I started using Google again.

    While both Google and Bing AI results often project a political and
    legal bias, on more technical, craft, and hobby searches the Google
    search AI result was actually quite good.-a In particular I was search
    for all kinds of answers regarding jetting, air flow, and various
    accessory connections for small engines.-a Bing would often just say "no answer available," and Google would provide numbers.-a Numbers backed up
    by secondary sources who had done the actual tasks involved.

    I still have a distrust of AI results, but Bing just sucks.



    Hi Bob,

    Not that I know much about what you are frustrated with, but,
    maybe try this one to see if it is better.

    https://duckduckgo.com

    Have a good day!!

    Les
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  • From Richard Smith@null@void.com to rec.crafts.metalworking on Fri Feb 13 12:38:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.crafts.metalworking

    Thanks for relaying-on this experience. Rgds - Rich Smith
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