People who want less AI are breaking up with Google Search

Following Google's addition of more AI features, search engine DuckDuckGo has experienced an influx of search traffic and downloads.

Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore

Google is about to look really different, and if you're not a fan of the AI overview feature, then you're not going to like what's coming.
Digital Trends

Yahoo wants to replace Google to become default search engine on iOS, report says

Marissa Mayer has been working diligently to revive the fortunes of Web firm Yahoo since taking the reins back in July 2012, though the enormity of the task means the challenge is far from over.
CNET

If You Want to Ditch Google Search, Try These 5 Other Search Engines Now

Google announced in May at its Google I/O developers conference that it was taking steps towards combining Google Search with its advanced AI tools. But if you don't like the dire ...
Search Engine Land

Perplexity’s Comet for iOS uses Google Search by default

Perplexity’s iOS browser defaults to Google for navigation and local queries, while its assistant handles summaries, research, and actions. Perplexity’s new Comet browser for iOS defaults to Google ...
TechCrunch

Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines

Update 7/31/25 4:10pm PT: Hours after this article was published, OpenAI said it removed the feature from ChatGPT that allowed users to make their public conversations discoverable by search engines.