AI has become an integral part of our lives, with Google leading the way in its implementation. However, it can often be a nuisance, providing incorrect and plagiarised information. While Google does not provide a way to turn off AI Overviews, there are several methods to avoid them. One way is to use the Web tab, which allows you to narrow your search to web pages without AI. Another method is to use the before keyword, which excludes AI-generated images by filtering results by date. You can also exclude certain keywords such as AI or generation parameters like model and prompt. Additionally, you can block specific websites that contain AI-generated images or use alternative search engines that allow blocking websites. Finally, you can use Chrome extensions or configure your browser to block AI Overviews, although Google may block or break these methods over time.
What You'll Learn
Using the before keyword
To remove AI points from your monitor, specifically AI-generated images from Google search results, you can use the "before" keyword in your query. This method involves including before:2022 in your search, which will display only images from before 2022, eliminating AI images created after that year.
Here's an example: if you search for "Beethoven before:2022", you will see images of Beethoven from before 2022, excluding AI-generated images. This works because Google keeps track of the "date" of the image, and you can filter results by date using the "before" and "after" search operators.
While this method is effective, it's important to note that it will also exclude non-AI results from after 2022. However, it is perfect for searching for photos of famous, historic figures or any images from before that year.
In addition to the "before" keyword, there are other methods to remove AI-generated images from your search results. These include excluding specific keywords like "AI", generation parameters, prompts, and blocking websites that commonly feature AI-generated images.
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Excluding ai
Tricks to Remove AI from Google Search Results:
- Using the "before" keyword: Include before:2022 in your search query to only show results from before that year, which should exclude AI images.
- Excluding "ai": Type -ai in your query to remove results containing the word "AI". You can also exclude similar keywords like "generate", "stable diffusion", "midjourney", or "Dall-E".
- Excluding Generation Parameters: Exclude terms commonly found on webpages with AI-generated images, such as "model", "prompt", "seed", "CLIP", or "checkpoint".
- Excluding Prompts: Exclude terms commonly found in prompts of AI-generated images, such as "masterpiece", "4k", "wallpaper", "high quality", "lowres", "watermark", or "blurry".
- Blocking Websites: Exclude websites that contain AI-generated images and offer AI generation services using the site: operator.
Tricks to Remove AI from Bing Search Results:
Go to "Privacy & Security" in your Windows settings. Under "Windows permissions", click on "Search permissions". Turn off the "Show Search highlights" toggle switch under "More settings" to disable Bing Chat AI.
Tricks to Remove AI from Google Chrome:
- Use a Chrome extension: Install a Chrome extension like "Bye Bye, Google AI" that is programmed to locate and hide the AI Overview block.
- Configure your browser: Set your browser to send queries straight to the web tab, bypassing the AI Overview.
- Use a different search engine: Try a search engine like DuckDuckGo, which respects user privacy and may have fewer AI results.
It's important to note that while these methods can help reduce AI results, they may not be perfect and may also exclude some non-AI results. Additionally, using too many exclusion operators may cause Google to flag your behaviour as "unusual" and you may be asked to solve CAPTCHAs.
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Excluding generation parameters
Search Results
One way to exclude AI from your search results is to use the NOT (-) operator to exclude certain parameters. For example, adding "-AI" to the end of your search query will strip the AI overlay from the results page. This method breaks Google's algorithm for surfacing the AI overlay, rather than being a built-in kill switch.
Image Generation
When generating AI images, you can use generation parameters to customize your output. For example, the Stable Diffusion AI has a Classifier Free Guidance scale that controls how much the model should respect your prompt. A value of 1 will mostly ignore your prompt, 3 will be more creative, 7 is a good balance, 15 will adhere more to the prompt, and 30 will strictly follow the prompt. It is recommended to start with a value of 7 and adjust accordingly.
The random seed input box is another parameter that determines the initialize noise pattern and, thus, the final image. Setting it to -1 will generate a new image each time, while fixing it to a specific value will result in the same image in each new generation.
Other parameters include the number of sampling steps, the sampling method, the output image size, and the batch size. These parameters can be used to speed up generation, improve quality, or generate multiple images at once to get a sense of what the prompt can do.
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Excluding prompts
Forest -masterpiece -4k -8k -wallpaper -lowres -watermark -blurry -signature
This query excludes keywords such as "masterpiece", "4k", "wallpaper", "high quality", and "lowres", which are commonly used in prompts for AI image generation. By excluding these terms, you can reduce the number of AI-generated images in your search results.
Another approach is to exclude generation parameters commonly used in AI image generation. For example, you can exclude terms like "model", "prompt", "seed", "CLIP", and "checkpoint". Excluding these parameters can also help to filter out AI-generated images from your search results.
It is important to note that these methods are not perfect and may also exclude some non-AI results. Additionally, using too many exclusion operators may cause Google to flag your behaviour as "unusual", and you may be asked to solve CAPTCHAs to prove that you are not a bot.
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Blocking websites
To block websites and remove AI points from your monitor, you can try a few different methods.
Use a Different Search Engine
One way to avoid AI-generated content in your search results is to switch to a different search engine. DuckDuckGo, for example, is a private search engine that offers built-in privacy features, including tracker blocking that stops cookies and ads from following you around the web.
Block AI Crawlers
You can also take steps to block AI crawlers or bots from accessing your content. This involves editing your website's robots.txt file to include specific user agents and disallow certain pages from being crawled. For example, to block OpenAI's crawler, you can add the following lines to your robots.txt file:
> User-agent: GPTBot
> Disallow: /
You can also use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to filter website traffic and block requests from specific user agents or IP addresses.
Use a Chrome Extension
If you use the Google Chrome browser, you can install a Chrome extension that is designed to block AI overviews. For example, the "Bye Bye, Google AI" extension allows you to hide AI overviews, discussions blocks, shopping blocks, featured snippets, video blocks, and sponsored links from the Google results page.
Configure Your Browser
Another option is to configure your browser to send your searches directly to the "Web" tab in Google. This can be done by creating a custom search engine in your browser settings. This method bypasses AI overviews and sends you straight to a list of web pages without AI, answer boxes, or other additional information.
By using a combination of these methods, you can effectively block websites and remove AI points from your monitor.
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Frequently asked questions
Although you cannot turn off Google's AI Overviews completely, you can use the NOT (-) operator to modify your search and exclude AI results. For example, searching for "who owns Facebook -AI" will remove the AI Overview from the results page.
You can also switch to web results by clicking the "Web" filter underneath the search bar. While this won't remove AI results, it will take you back to traditional search results.
Another option is to use a proxy site such as udm14.com, which acts as a Google search bar with AI Overviews stripped out.
Go to "Privacy & Security", then under the "Windows permissions" section, click on "Search permissions". Under the "More settings" section, turn off the "Show Search highlights" toggle switch to disable Bing Chat AI.
One method is to include "before:2022" in your search query, as AI-generated images became common after 2022. This will filter your results to only include images from before 2022.
Another method is to use exclusion keywords such as "-ai", "-generate", "-stable diffusion", "-midjourney", and "-dall-e". For example, searching for "illustration camel -ai" will remove all results containing the word "AI".
You can also try excluding generation parameters such as "model", "prompt", "seed", "clip", and "checkpoint".