As the Washington Post found when assessing Google's Search Generative Experience, the AI-powered update to the tech giant's classic search bar is still giving incorrect or misleading answers nearly a year after it was introduced last May.
A search for a made-up Chinese restaurant called 'Danny's Dan Dan Noodles' in San Francisco, for example, spat out references to 'long lines and crazy wait times' and gave phony citations about 4,000-person lines and a two-year waitlist.
Even when it does cite real websites as sources, the quality of those sites is often suspect. Per an analysis provided to WaPo by the SEO platform SE Ranking, the AI-informed search beta's most-cited website is the ever-dubious Quora.
When WaPo asked SGE the same question about Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's net worth, it gave a bizarre breakdown that didn't make sense: '$46.24 per hour, or $96,169 per year.'
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