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Google’s rollout of AI-generated overviews in US search results is taking a disastrous turn, with mainstream media outlets including The New York Times, BBC and CNBC reporting numerous inaccuracies and strange responses.<\/p>\n
On social media, users share countless examples of the feature’s nonsensical and sometimes dangerous output.<\/p>\n
From recommending non-toxic glue on pizza to suggesting that eating rocks provides nutritional benefits, the mistakes would be funny if they weren’t so alarming.<\/p>\n
Replicated… \u2014 MMitchell (@mmitchell_ai) May 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n I couldn’t believe it before I tried it. Google needs to fix this ASAP… pic.twitter.com\/r3FyOfxiTK<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kris Kashtanova (@icreatelife) May 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n As reported by The News from New York<\/a>Google’s AI overviews struggle with basic facts, claiming that Barack Obama was the first Muslim president of the United States and claiming that Andrew Jackson graduated from college in 2005.<\/p>\n These errors undermine trust in Google’s search engine, which is trusted by more than two billion people worldwide for authoritative information.<\/p>\n As reported The Virgin<\/a>Google is now scrambling to weed out weird AI-generated responses and improve its systems manually.<\/p>\n A Google spokesperson confirmed that the company is taking “prompt action” to remove problematic responses and using the examples to refine its AI overview feature.<\/p>\n The botched launch of AI overviews is not an isolated incident for Google.<\/p>\n How CNBC<\/a> notes in his report, Google made several missteps in its rush to integrate AI into its products.<\/p>\n In February, Google was forced to shut down its Gemini chatbot after it generated inaccurate images of historical figures and refused to depict white people in most cases.<\/p>\n Before that, the company’s Bard chatbot faced ridicule for sharing incorrect information about outer space, which generated $100 billion. throw<\/a> in Google’s market value.<\/p>\n
But I appreciate that the suggested glue is “non-toxic”!
Look, this isn’t about “gotchas”, it’s about pointing out clearly foreseeable damage. Before, for example, a child dies from this mess.
This is not about Google, but about the foreseeable effect of AI on society. <\/a> pic.twitter.com\/MIPjF8hg0i<\/a><\/p>\nMainstream media coverage<\/h2>\n
Manual removal and system improvements<\/h2>\n
Google Rush To AI integration<\/h2>\n