Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT and Beyond: Too Much AI?

Don't want AI results in your Google search results?  

-  Add "udm=14" to your search string. It just adds an instruction on the end of the URL that tells Google you want web rather than AI results, but you'll feel like a hacker.

-  Use https://udm14.com, which will always add the udm14 cheat code.

-  Use StartPage https://www.startpage.com or TenBlueLinks https://tenbluelinks.org, which query Google without AI or tracking of any kind.

-   Or.... try adding -ai  to your search

Additional tips: 

How to search the web without AI content  

Peterson, Jake.  (2025, July 16).  Three ways to remove AI from Google.  LifeHacker

Another tip from thudbubs on BlueSky

-Go to chrome://settings/searchengines

-Click Add -Name: AI Free web

-Shortcut: @web -URL: {google:baseURL}search?q=%s&udm=14

-AI free web is now in the list of search engines.

Click three dots next to it and click Make default.

Works in chrome, edge and brave for me

Want to turn off CoPilot in Microsoft Word?  Google SearchLabs AI Overview says: 

To turn off Copilot in Microsoft Word for Windows, go to File > Options > Copilot and then uncheck the Enable Copilot box. You may need to close and restart Word after making the changes

Detailed steps:

• Save Changes: Click OK to save the changes.

• Restart Word: Close and restart the application to ensure the changes are applied. 

1. Open Microsoft Word: Launch the application.
2. Go to Options: Click on File in the top left corner of the window, then select Options.
3. Select Copilot: In the Word Options window, click on Copilot in the left-hand column.
4. Disable Copilot: Locate the Enable Copilot checkbox and clear it (uncheck the box).