Best alternative search engine option that actually works? (opens in new tab)

Hiya, I’ve heard that Google appears to finally be fully integrating “AI” (machine learning) into their search engine. Techcrunch article Digiday media briefing Arstechnica article I’ve already moved my email/drive/that stuff over to Proton last year, (at least, what I can. It’s really difficult to redirect decades of different websites being given the same email addresses. All my gmails redirect to my proton mail. I’ve totally left the Google ecosystem for things besides mail & search.) But ...