Google Kills Custom Search API on Jan 1, 2027

Post by Octoth0rpe » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 2:13 AM UTC

topherPedersen wrote: post #16

That's surprising to me that they would kill something like this off, because LLMs are going to need search APIs. Why wouldn't Google want to be the search engine all of the AIs use? While we (people) may not need search engines as much as we once did, LLMs probably do need search capabilities. I could be wrong, maybe reply if I am, but don't LLMs typically need to search for information? For example, when I ask Chat…

Post by VladVladikoff » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 2:14 AM UTC

gallerdude wrote: post #10

Why would you use AI to write this post? If you can’t bother to write it, why should I bother to read it?

Post by Maken » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 2:14 AM UTC

topherPedersen wrote: post #16

That's surprising to me that they would kill something like this off, because LLMs are going to need search APIs. Why wouldn't Google want to be the search engine all of the AIs use? While we (people) may not need search engines as much as we once did, LLMs probably do need search capabilities. I could be wrong, maybe reply if I am, but don't LLMs typically need to search for information? For example, when I ask Chat…

Post by remywang » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC

Post by Georgelemental » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC

oompty wrote: post #28

Anyone know if that will affect stuff like Duckduckgo search for its !g fallback or do they have custom deals?