Deep@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months ago"Every great search must come to an end": Ask.com shutdown, ending ask Jeeves.www.ask.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-link"Every great search must come to an end": Ask.com shutdown, ending ask Jeeves.www.ask.comDeep@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
Hacker News As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world’s questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026.
minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·3 months agoOf all the search engines that SHOULD have turned into an AI project, it still amazes me that it wasn’t Ask Jeeves.
minus-squareTheGiantKorean@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoSame! I’m assuming an AI company will snatch up the domain.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI had the exact same thought!
Of all the search engines that SHOULD have turned into an AI project, it still amazes me that it wasn’t Ask Jeeves.
Same! I’m assuming an AI company will snatch up the domain.
I had the exact same thought!