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When you search on Google, the world’s largest search engine, 90 and above The global search engine landscape is a bit different now: instead of a page of links to other sites, Google automatically generates a summary at the top of the page citing a few carefully selected websites.
The change was announced last week, and Google is now using AI-powered summaries. 250 millionIt has more than 100,000 monthly users in the U.S. But now some users are reporting that the new technology is getting important information wrong.
Google said early testers were happy with the AI-powered summary search results, but the broader user base is already finding the feature inaccurate and misleading.
When X users type in the search query “cheese doesn’t stick to pizza,” Google’s AI overview “You can also add about ⅛ cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to make it stickier,” I replied.
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— SG-r01 (@heavenrend) May 22, 2024
The source of Google’s answer appears to be a Reddit post written 11 years ago.
“This example is interesting, but there may be other, less obvious, dangerous examples.” Written by X user The person who reported the issue.
Google The contract was signed OpenAI partnered with Reddit to train its AI in February, and followed a similar deal with Reddit earlier this month.
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Seattle-based AI researcher Dr. Margaret Mitchell Also on Wednesday, he pointed out two AI hallucinations involving X.
of beginning It indicated that Elon Musk attended the University of California, Berkeley. At the time of writing, this error appears to have been corrected.
Second, President Andrew Jackson Died in 1845He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005.
President Andrew Johnson Never attended school According to AI’s profile, he taught himself to read and earned 14 degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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I didn’t know Andrew Johnson was that successful. pic.twitter.com/IV2zCmI6Zv— MMitchell (@mmitchell_ai) May 22, 2024
entrepreneur We have confirmed that the second error is still present at the time of writing.
Inaccurate in multiple ways. Credit: Entrepreneur
Google’s AI appears to have been inspired by the 2016 University of Wisconsin-Madison reunion article Display the graduate’s graduation year along with the president name.
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These errors demonstrate that AI, especially when integrated into a widely used platform like Google’s, can fail to understand nuances in its training data and amplify misinformation.
Anastasia Kociubinska, Head of SEO at SE Ranking, said: entrepreneur last week.
“Search results and illusions are still likely to contain misleading information, and many users will use it without double-checking it,” Kocziubinska said at the time.
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Google may start testing ads within AI overview “soon,” the company said. Announced On Tuesday, another layer was added to the new AI search experience.