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Chris HayesWhile taking a look at what websites people prefer on <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a>, I noticed two sites I'd never used before: Rtings.com and SeriousEats.com.Credit to Kagi users, they're actually both great. Rtings is like a smaller/nerdier ConsumerReports. SeriousEats is a no non-sense recipe site. Kagi "Raised Domains": <a href="https://kagi.com/stats?stat=leaderboard&k=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kagi.com/stats?stat=leaderboard&k=1</a>

AndrewI finally decided to pay for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> ! Another step forward to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Degoogle</a> my life and enjoy some <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>

Kagi HQThe true cost of "free" ad‑supported search isn't mere annoyance, it's also real loss of money and time. A CBS Chicago segment shows how scam ads are flooding results and hurting users. That's why Kagi is and will always remain ad‑free.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uqgH0w-MKo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uqgH0w-MKo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Search</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoAds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Security</a>

Carlo Zottmannv1.5 of my `kagi-ken-cli` <a href="https://norden.social/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CLI</a> tool is out (and yes, another name change, bear with me). I've extracted the core functionality into another node package in preparation for the <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> session-token-based MCP server I'll be releasing in a few days.<a href="https://github.com/czottmann/kagi-ken-cli/releases/tag/1.5.0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/czottmann/kagi-ken-cli/releases/tag/1.5.0</a>BTW, the Kagi summarizer is pretty great.

Tram 日本 🐈‍🌴If you havent checked out <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kagi</a> search you probably should. Been using it for years and it's got a ton of useful features. You get what you pay for.

Kagi HQDo you use <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@signalapp</a>? We do too! You can grab our sticker pack here (and yes, Kagibara is in there too) 👇<a href="https://signal.art/addstickers/#pack_id=12d7c1ee4e1f3d75ca54adf7edd188c8&pack_key=ab91a7d7523a07c6c053b495cb6714fedd7b28751142b9e5f8dbfb8448c58070" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://signal.art/addstickers/#pack_id=12d7c1ee4e1f3d75ca54adf7edd188c8&pack_key=ab91a7d7523a07c6c053b495cb6714fedd7b28751142b9e5f8dbfb8448c58070</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stickers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stickers</a>

Vijay PremaNice write-up about the benefits of switching to a paid search engine (Kagi).I like the "boat tied to a submarine" analogy of a lot of other free software that might seem good at first but is still not user-funded. As a user, I prefer to be the sole funder of the product I use, where possible, so that it fully serves me, its master. This is what it means to be the master of my own tools. I paid money for them.<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/enough-is-enough-i-dumped-googles-worsening-search-for-kagi/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/enough-is-enough-i-dumped-googles-worsening-search-for-kagi/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kagi</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>

𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚊𝚗<a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/NeuralNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeuralNetwork</a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fail</a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#психология</a> Пользователи <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> выражают разочарование <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/GPT5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GPT5</a>, находя его менее привлекательным и более корпоративным по сравнению с его предшественником, <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/GPT4o" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GPT4o</a>. Тон новой версии воспринимается как менее творческий и больше похожий на перегруженного работой секретаря, что приводит к недовольству среди пользователей, которые ценили дружелюбное и личное взаимодействие GPT-4o. Решение OpenAI выпустить GPT-5 может быть обусловлено потребностями в доходах, поскольку бесплатный уровень быстро достигает лимитов использования, подталкивая пользователей к платным подпискам. Хотя GPT-5 считается более интеллектуальным, пользователи скучают по аспекту личного компаньона GPT-4o. Изменение тона привело к периоду адаптации для пользователей, которые установили эмоциональные связи с ИИ. Высказываются опасения по поводу потенциальных рисков парасоциальных привязанностей к ИИ, включая усиление заблуждений и опасных медицинских убеждений. Ранние впечатления показывают, что GPT-5 безопаснее, но менее привлекателен, что может быть полезно в долгосрочной перспективе как для психического здоровья пользователей, так и для финансовой стабильности OpenAI. Некоторые пользователи изучают альтернативы, такие как xAI Илона Маска, которая предлагает более неограниченный опыт с ее Grok AI. Однако переход к GPT-5 подчеркивает проблему балансирования полезности ИИ с ожиданиями пользователей и эмоциональными потребностями.<a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/chatgpt-users-outraged-as-gpt-5-replaces-the-models-they-love/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/chatgpt-users-outraged-as-gpt-5-replaces-the-models-they-love/</a>Summary <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/generated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#generated</a> by <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kagi</a>

Kagi HQHow can we get to 1M users, without ever using ads? We've grown on word-of-mouth and organic press thus far. What's the single most impactful thing we should do next to accelerate adoption? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Search</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoAds</a>

Carlo ZottmannI've released v1.4 of my `kagi-ken` <a href="https://norden.social/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CLI</a> earlier tonight: use <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> on the command line and in scripts, get structured JSON data for search and summaries, and all *without* API access. (You'll need to be a customer, though.)New tonight (1.3+): support for the Universal Summarizer! (Works with text and links, including YouTube URLs, Summarizer is ace.)<a href="https://github.com/czottmann/kagi-ken" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/czottmann/kagi-ken</a>It's fun for the whole family! (If your family is into JSON-output CLI and <a href="https://norden.social/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bash</a> scripting.)

Kagi HQCatch our CEO Vlad on the latest Intelligent Machines episode on <a href="https://mastodon.social/@TWiT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TWiT</a> with <a href="https://twit.social/@leo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@leo</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jeffjarvis</a> & Paris Martineau, where he shares how Kagi is building a better web with search, Orion and our other products:<a href="https://youtu.be/YMaLjc4flNA?feature=shared&t=152" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/YMaLjc4flNA?feature=shared&t=152</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Search</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Orion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Orion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Browser</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Podcast</a>

TWiT Podcasts🧠 Intelligent Machines Ep. 831 <a href="https://twit.social/@leo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@leo</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jeffjarvis</a> & Paris Martineau talk to Kagi CEO Vlad Prelovac & explore: • OpenAI's new open-weight models • Kitten TTS (25MB voice model) • Genie 3 world models • Catholic AI & more 🎧 Download here: <a href="https://twit.tv/im/831" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://twit.tv/im/831</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AInews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AInews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a>

FellWhat I like about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kagihq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kagihq</a> built-in LLM answers:- It's only(!) triggered on request, i.e. when your query ends with a question mark. - It always admits when it couldn't find good information or there is no clear answer. - It always cites sources, usually word for word.I find myself not so much "believing the AI" but rather using it as a guide as to which result has the information I need.<a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ML</a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Search</a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Web</a>

Steven Saus [he/him](05 Aug) Enough is enough—I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi Enough is enough: I’ve jettisoned Google in favor of a search engine that doesn’t treat me like a product. <a href="https://s.faithcollapsing.com/pqc66" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://s.faithcollapsing.com/pqc66</a> Archive: ais: <a href="https://archive.md/wip/NcCy1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/wip/NcCy1</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a>-assistant <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a>-search <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#degoogle</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/features" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#features</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a>-search <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kagi</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kagi</a>-search <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/screwyoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screwyoogle</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a>-engines <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/seo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seo</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a>

Jeff Triplett🤷 I'm a few years in now and I have zero regrets from dropping <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> as well. <a href="https://mastodon.social/@offby1@wandering.shop/114976721922125332" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@offby1@wandering.shop/114976721922125332</a>

Kagi HQOrion gets an amazing shout out by Juxtopposed for its wide range of customization options and other unique features 👇<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrxhVA5NVQ4&t=873s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrxhVA5NVQ4&t=873s</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Orion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Orion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Browser</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UI</a>

BerndDon‘t know if <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kagihq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kagihq</a> asked a dumb question (pay more for an account without AI, toot already deleted) or they lost their password. 🙄 <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kagi</a>

Danny Garside<a href="https://mastodon.social/@kagihq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kagihq</a> Update: I made two polls as replies to the above post (a repeat and more sensible one), and set them running, but then <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kagihq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kagihq</a> replied (here: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kagihq/114983326619395931" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@kagihq/114983326619395931</a>) so it felt right to delete them (for now). Glad to hear that they're genuinely engaged on this. They still have enough goodwill from me (for now) to take them at face value and to trust that they'll actively listen to the community on this. Let's see... 🤞<a href="https://social.coop/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ai</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/KagiPoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KagiPoll</a>

Danny GarsideOof, looks like <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kagihq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kagihq</a> just thought better of a poll they started and deleted it. Oof.I get why - they seem pretty invested in making <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> a core part of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a>, and <a href="https://social.coop/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> (at least my bubble in it) is pretty anti-AI.The phrasing is also pretty incendiary - obviously providing a service without additional AI tools would cost less, and yet they decided to phrase it "Would you pay more for a Kagi plan without AI?". And even so the votes were about matched when I saw it! 🤣😬🔥<a href="https://social.coop/tags/KagiPoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KagiPoll</a>

Kagi HQWe're actively exploring partnerships with like-minded companies, deeper integration with external services (such as search and translate powered by Kagi), and opening access to our APIs.If you have partnership ideas, we'd love to hear from you: <a href="https://form.kagi.com/partnership" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://form.kagi.com/partnership</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Search</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#API</a>

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