I just paid my monthly Kagi subscription and I’m reminded of how much I like this web search service. If you’re unfamiliar with it, Kagi is a search engine with no advertising. I’ve used it in place of Google search for most of this year, and when I occasionally stumble into a Google search, I’m shocked at how bad it looks and how much I prefer Kagi. In the most recent update, they’ve now started labeling artificial intelligence-generated images as AI in their image search. I know many folks are anti-subscription, and it seems silly to pay for a search engine, but if you search a lot, it sure is nice having one more concerned with giving you good results than selling ads.

I also just discovered that the same company that makes Kagi makes an accompanying web browser called Orion. I haven’t spent any time with it, but if you like Kagi, you may want to go check out their browser as well.

The bigger question for me is whether or not I’ll want any search engine in the near future as artificial intelligence gets better at bringing back results instead of a list of websites.