By Reece Rogers
Publication Date: 2026-02-22 11:00:00
Go online 2026 means facing a relentless bombardment of generative AI tools. How about some AI agents to get you started? Want to use this chatbot sidebar? Want every search query answered with an AI summary? While there is no out of To avoid this hodgepodge of AI tools altogether, there’s a keyboard trick you can use to avoid Google’s AI overviews for a quick break.
If you don’t want to see an AI-generated summary of website links when using Google Search, you can enter “-ai” at the end of your query. This is an option that WIRED readers highlighted in a recent article about scams in Google’s AI overviews. I really enjoyed this handy addendum last week and wish Google would offer a permanent switch with similar zapping features.
“People find searching with AI overviews more helpful and therefore return more often to search more,” a Google spokesperson tells WIRED. “We…
