Google's built-in AI is broken in PM: Something went wrong and the content wasn't generated.

[Stargate38]

Please always mention the name/domain of the website in question in your topic title.

Please try to include any relevant output from the Toolkit Error Console or the Developer Tools Web Console using the following procedure:

1) Clear any current output
2) Navigate or refresh the page in question
3) Copy and paste Errors or seemingly relevant Warnings into a single [ code ] block.

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Content Security Policy: Couldn’t parse invalid host 'report-sample'  
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Content Security Policy: Ignoring “'unsafe-inline'” within script-src: ‘strict-dynamic’ specified  
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Content Security Policy: Ignoring “https:” within script-src: ‘strict-dynamic’ specified  
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Content Security Policy: Ignoring “http:” within script-src: ‘strict-dynamic’ specified  
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Empty string passed to getElementById().  
m=b,dpf:39:163
Empty string passed to getElementById().  
m=attn,cdos,gwc,hsm,jsa,cEt90b,SNUn3,qddgKe,sTsDMc,dtl0hd,eHDfl,YV5bee,d,csi:194:163
Content Security Policy: Ignoring “'unsafe-inline'” within script-src: nonce-source or hash-source specified 
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Content Security Policy: Couldn’t process unknown directive ‘require-trusted-types-for’

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+ ... +on+reboot (click on AI Mode in the top bar)

I know AI isn't too accurate, and can often mislead, therefore the reason I don't trust it 100%, but I still think it should work instead of throwing an error. Is there any way of getting it to work in PM? It works fine in Chrome and FF.

[Night Wing]

The link works in Waterfox and Firefox, but not in Pale Moon. My guess is since it is Google, Google is probably trying to steer users towards it's Chrome browser.

[MrD2018]

The Google AI requires support for TextDecoderStream which Pale Moon does not have. I have found that using a Greasemonkey script to substitute the TextDecoderStream decoder with TextDecoder fixes the problem.

[BopBe]

The Google AI requires support for TextDecoderStream which Pale Moon does not have. I have found that using a Greasemonkey script to substitute the TextDecoderStream decoder with TextDecoder fixes the problem.

Share the script please. I miss google's AI summary for short computer related questions.

[MrD2018]

Below is the code I have used. It is just a work in progress, but it does restore the AI feature. I have had to update it a couple of times as Google have kept changing their script, altering some of the variable names, so this could happen again.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name        Google Script Rewriter
// @namespace   name
// @include     https://www.google.com/search*
// @run-at      document-start
// @version     1
// @grant       none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {

    var observer = new MutationObserver(mutations => {
        for (var m of mutations) {
            for (var node of m.addedNodes) {

                if (node.tagName === "SCRIPT" && node.textContent.includes("pipeThrough")) {

                    // removes TextDecoderStream
                    node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        ".pipeThrough(new TextDecoderStream)",
                        ""                        
                    );

                  //adds TextDecoder
                  node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        "await a.B.read();",
                        "await a.B.read();var dd = new TextDecoder().decode(d);d=dd;"
                    );

                    //makes d a variable
                    node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        "const {value:d",
                        "var {value:d"
                    );
                                        
                    //stop AI Overview section from being deleted
                    node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        "for(let f=a.firstChild;f!==e;f=a.firstChild)a.removeChild(f)",
                        "/*for(let f=a.firstChild;f!==e;f=a.firstChild)a.removeChild(f)*/"
                    );
                    
                    var clone = document.createElement("script");
                    clone.textContent = node.textContent;
                    node.replaceWith(clone);
                }
            }
        }
    });

    observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
        childList: true,
        subtree: true
    });

})();

[Mæstro]

I should consider the plagiarised spam failing to appear as a feature, not a bug, and stop using Google anyway.
I think a statement like this is in order after several others have successfully helped OP in his stated purposes.

[BopBe]

Below is the code I have used. It is just a work in progress, but it does restore the AI feature. I have had to update it a couple of times as Google have kept changing their script, altering some of the variable names, so this could happen again.

It has some duplicate elements rendering bug but it's a major step up from having nothing. Cheers mate, appreciate it. And sorry for the very, very late reply.

[Harkonnen]

Below is the code I have used. It is just a work in progress, but it does restore the AI feature. I have had to update it a couple of times as Google have kept changing their script, altering some of the variable names, so this could happen again.

This piece of code worked for a few weeks, but as of two days ago the AI frame goes "searching" then "thinking a little longer" and gets stuck here, error console contains bunch of "Empty string passed to getElementById()."

[MrD2018]

swap out the code

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node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        "for(let f=a.firstChild;f!==e;f=a.firstChild)a.removeChild(f)",
                        "/*for(let f=a.firstChild;f!==e;f=a.firstChild)a.removeChild(f)*/"

with

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node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        "for(let e=a.firstChild;e!==f;e=a.firstChild)a.removeChild(e)",
                        "/*for(let e=a.firstChild;e!==f;e=a.firstChild)a.removeChild(e)*/"

and it should get it working again. Google had changed some variable names. I will try to make a more future proofed version.

[Harkonnen]

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node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        "for(let e=a.firstChild;e!==f;e=a.firstChild)a.removeChild(e)",
                        "/*for(let e=a.firstChild;e!==f;e=a.firstChild)a.removeChild(e)*/"

and it should get it working again. Google had changed some variable names. I will try to make a more future proofed version.

LOL, its not working again with "Empty string passed to getElementById()." Google is changing that fucking code like every day....

[MrD2018]

The variable names got changed back to what they were before so the old version would probably have worked again but I have updated the code so that any further name changes should be caught. Here's the whole block again -

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// ==UserScript==
// @name        Google Script Rewriter
// @namespace   name
// @include     https://www.google.com/search*
// @run-at      document-start
// @version     1
// @grant       none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {

    var observer = new MutationObserver(mutations => {
        for (var m of mutations) {
            for (var node of m.addedNodes) {
                
                if (node.tagName === "SCRIPT" && node.textContent.includes("pipeThrough")) {
                   
                    // removes TextDecoderStream
                    node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        ".pipeThrough(new TextDecoderStream)",
                        ""                        
                    );
                    
                  //adds TextDecoder
                  node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        "await a.B.read();",                        
                        "await a.B.read();var dd = new TextDecoder().decode(d);d=dd;"                    
                    );

                    //makes d a variable
                    node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        "const {value:d",
                        "var {value:d"
                    );
                                        
                    //stop AI Overview section from being deleted
                     node.textContent = node.textContent.replace(
                        /for\(let\s+(\w+)\s*=\s*a\.firstChild;\s*\1\s*!==\s*(\w+);\s*\1\s*=\s*a\.firstChild\)\s*a\.removeChild\(\1\)/,
                        "/*$&*/"   
                        
                    );
                    
                    // Replace the node so the modified version executes
                    var clone = document.createElement("script");
                    clone.textContent = node.textContent;
                    node.replaceWith(clone);
                }
            }
        }
    });

    observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
        childList: true,
        subtree: true
    });

})();

[xtal256]

Those look like "minified" names (i.e. the actual variable names get replaced by single letter names to reduce code size) so it's unlikely that Google keep changing them and more likely that any code change they do results in the minification process semi-randomly picking a name.

[Basilisk-Dev]

Just add a TextDecoderStream polyfill to Greasemonkey. Then you don't have to worry about the variable names changing because you would be fixing the issue regardless of the variable names.

[Goodydino]

Do all of the AI search engines have the same basic problem? I have five of them working with LibreWolf, two work with Waterfox, two with Vivaldi (one of them not the same), all work with Safari, and none work with Pale Moon or SeaMonkey.

[Mæstro]

In general, I should expect that LLM antifeatures are developed by men who show little regard for the interests of diverse parties such as independent browser developers. Google-owned sites show a long history of disagreeing with our browser.

[Harkonnen]

The variable names got changed back to what they were before so the old version would probably have worked again but I have updated the code so that any further name changes should be caught. Here's the whole block again -

And it stopped working again....

[MrD2018]

It looks like Google modified the code again and changed more than just some variable names as I can no longer get it to work through a Greasemonkey script. I tried the TextDecoderStream polyfill but I could not get it to work either. I have however managed to get a filter working using the Modify HTTP Response extension. Here is the filter to use -

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[["www.google.com",["/search\\?q.*/",[".pipeThrough(new TextDecoderStream)","","await b.read();","await b.read();var dd = new TextDecoder().decode(k);k=dd;"]]]]

Also, now it does not seem to suffer from the duplicating problem that was happening before but that could change if Google messes about with the code again.

Can I ask why TextDecoderStream and other parts of the Streams API have not been added to Pale Moon yet as many websites seem to need it now. Is it quite complex to implement or is there another reason?

[athenian200]

Can I ask why TextDecoderStream and other parts of the Streams API have not been added to Pale Moon yet as many websites seem to need it now. Is it quite complex to implement or is there another reason?

As far as I can tell, it's because for a long time it wasn't used by that many websites and stuff using the Steams API is hitting all at once, like almost right around the beginning of this year. I have a friend IRL that needs a site that uses TransformStream, another part of that API, and can't/won't use any browser besides Pale Moon... so they are waiting to use the site until we fix it. I'm just reluctant to work on it because there's so much junk in the tree that has never been in a release right now that I'm afraid to pile more on. There's been a ton of development in a short time, and master has diverged from release to an uncomfortable degree.

[Basilisk-Dev]

I'm just reluctant to work on it because there's so much junk in the tree that has never been in a release right now that I'm afraid to pile more on. There's been a ton of development in a short time, and master has diverged from release to an uncomfortable degree.

Planning on working on this (and some other Stream functions) in the next 1-3 weeks.

In the meantime, the polyfills I currently ship in Basilisk for the various stream functions can be used within GreaseMonkey on Pale Moon, I mentioned polyfills already once earlier in the thread. I tested and they fully work with ChatGPT, Google's built in AI feature, and some other work sites I use. They are not site-specific like some of the other solutions mentioned here and don't depend on specific variable names on web pages.
https://repo.palemoon.org/Basilisk-Dev/ ... ed-scripts

[browserman]

The link works in Waterfox and Firefox, but not in Pale Moon. My guess is since it is Google, Google is probably trying to steer users towards it's Chrome browser.

My "guess" is that Google et al are actively using (seeking) missing functionality in too independent browsers or inventing new, to be sure nothing will be comfortable outside their browser kingdom. I've noticed too many times PM working fine for a while, and then some function here and there starts malfunction until PM devs rebounds with new code. It may be a single button stop working, or something else, especially when doing banking.