The idea of a search index being a public utility is an interesting idea but I’m not sure what it would do for trust. Governance is the biggest question mark, and with the current administration I’d say let Google run it and have less restrictive access to the index. My Google search usage has dropped probably 99% over the last two years.

My hope is that the powers that be figure out how to monetize these products with dollars instead of attention. Google’s ad-driven business model ruined the internet - we don’t need that in our AI products too.