None of these topics were subject to much discussion until last week, after Google began broadly rolling out "AI Overviews" at the top of some of its search results. Users soon discovered examples of these machine-generated summaries that were not just inaccurate but shockingly, absurdly so...
The latest in a string of Google AI mishaps, AI Overviews' tendency toward fabulism inspired many people to experiment with odd queries and then share the results on X and other social networks. The more bizarre results certainly aren't typical...
Among the lessons of this whole kerfuffle is that human beings excel at spreading misinformation without the help of generative AI. At least one of the most widely shared examples, involving the worst possible advice for someone who's feeling depressed, was a pretty obvious hoax...
Google says it's working to refine AI Overviews and has removed inaccuracies as it's learned about them. It's possible, though, that the company didn't fully anticipate that the feature could make such a lousy first impression...
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