Donald Hobern<p>So, is <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> now using AI to rewrite preview text for <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> pages?</p><p>If I search e.g. for "Bob Dylan", the preview for WIkipedia on <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> and <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bing</span></a> is the start of the Wikipedia page.</p><p>DDG has replaced it with generic "Learn about ..." text that does not appear in the HTML. The same happens with other searches for prominent people. I haven't explored further.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/GenerativeML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeML</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>