Ecosia’s odious greenwashing — now with AI

[davidgerard@circumstances.run]

Ecosia’s odious greenwashing — now with AI

plants vs zombies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqF8ECpAIzs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260703-ecosias-odious-greenwashing-now-with-ai - podcast

time: 7 min 11 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/03/ecosias-odious-greenwashing-now-with-ai/ - blog post

[dysfun@social.treehouse.systems]

@davidgerard you can't pin ecosia on plants vs zombies - it's not their fault

[bbbhltz@framapiaf.org]

@davidgerard has their team-up with #Qwant gone anywhere yet?

[davidgerard@circumstances.run]

@bbbhltz yeah, it's Staan.AI, which is their Mistral vendor

[someplaceunknown@mastodon.social]

@davidgerard I love this

[davidgerard@circumstances.run]

@Someplaceunknown as VERIFIED by TRUE IMAGE CLASSIFIERS

[rycochet@furs.social]

@davidgerard The Anthropic of search. They say the right words, not because they believe them, but because they want to use them as a shield until they get big, then devalue them entirely and just use them as a catchphrase in a hacky comedy. 'Green, am I right? Pause for applause.'

[miquel@dice.camp]

@davidgerard
> basically they’re all Google or Bing

btw, two years ago they announced this: https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2024/11/08/ecosia-and-qwant-join-forces-to-develop-european-search-index/

I don't really know how far it went, but it was supposed to be launched in 2025 already. Afaik, both Qwant and Ecosia still use Google/Bing.

[davidgerard@circumstances.run]

@miquel this is now Staan,.AI, which is Ecosia's Mistral vendor

so yeah Ecosia should be able to say *with precision* how much power their AI uses

[tokeriis@helvede.net]

@davidgerard @bbbhltz Their joint European search index are not only about sovereignty. They sell the index for AI training. Stan is "Powered by European Search Perspective". I hate the cesspool that web search has become.

https://www.eu-searchperspective.com/#advantages