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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Ask.com shuts down after nearly 30 years, marking the end of Ask Jeeves

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Ask.com shuts down after nearly 30 years, marking the end of Ask Jeeves

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After nearly 30 years, Ask.com has officially closed on May 1, 2026. It was the pioneer of question-answering search engines.
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    Can only imagine what the IP will be used for now

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      Use our new shiny Ask AI agent! Trained on double the stolen training data!

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        Just as soon not, as any connection to it will be tracked and forwarded to ice and homeland security

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