alt Hacker NewsGemini "fast" provides this response:
> Yes, 2026 is the next calendar year. The current year is 2025.
I wonder how much self-inflicted brand damage google is doing to itself by using its crappier model and inserting it on all search results?
If they can't afford to run a decent model for their flagship product, maybe they shouldn't be doing anything at all...
"Brand damage" is a pre-2020s way of thinking. Brands are openly degrading themselves for short term results now and have found that it's sufficiently tolerated.