How to Hide Google’s AI Overviews From Your Search Results
You can avoid Google’s AI summaries in your search results by simply adjusting your query. Or just switch search engines altogether. Image: 2H Media / Unsplash Source: Wired
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Google’s AI search results will make links more obvious
Google says it will now display links more prominently inside its AI-powered features in Search. Robby Stein, the vice president of Google Search, announced on Tuesday that a list of links will now appear inside a pop-up when you hover over the sources in AI Overviews and AI Mode on desktop, alongside a description of…
Google’s AI Overviews Can Scam You. Here’s How to Stay Safe
Beyond mistakes or nonsense, deliberately bad information being injected into AI search summaries is leading people down potentially harmful paths. Image: Lucia Macedo / Unsplash Source: Wired
Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches
Earlier this month, The Guardian published an investigation that showed Google was serving up misleading and outright false information via its AI overviews in response to certain medical inquiries. Now those results appear to have been removed. According to the original report: Image: BoliviaInteligente / Unsplash In one case that experts described as “really dangerous”,…
Google’s AI Stumbles: Medical Search ‘Overviews’ Pulled After Dangerous Health Advice Surfaces
Introduction A quiet but significant retreat is underway in Silicon Valley. Google has begun removing its AI-generated search summaries for specific medical queries after an investigation revealed the system was dispensing dangerously inaccurate health advice. This move highlights the profound risks of deploying generative AI in high-stakes domains, where a single algorithmic error can have…
Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries
This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries. Image: BoliviaInteligente / Unsplash Source: TechCrunch
Google’s AI Stumbles: Medical Search Overhaul Sparks Debate on Tech’s Role in Health
Introduction In a quiet but significant retreat, Google has begun pulling its controversial AI-generated answers from certain health-related searches. This move follows a damning investigation that revealed the experimental feature was dispensing dangerously inaccurate medical advice, forcing the tech giant to confront the high-stakes reality of deploying artificial intelligence in life-or-death domains. Image: Nathana Rebouças…
Google’s AI Stumbles: Medical Search Errors Force Rapid Retreat, Raising Trust Questions
Introduction In the high-stakes arena of online health information, a single wrong answer can have life-altering consequences. Google, the world’s primary gateway to knowledge, recently faced this harsh reality as its new AI Overviews feature delivered dangerously inaccurate medical advice. The swift, quiet removal of these AI-generated summaries for certain health queries marks a critical…
Google’s AI Stumbles: Search Giant Manually Disables AI Overviews for Sensitive Health Queries
Introduction In a stark admission of fallibility, Google has been forced to manually intervene in its flagship AI search feature. The company is now selectively disabling its generative AI ‘Overviews’ for specific health-related queries after the tool was caught dispensing dangerously misleading medical advice. This reactive move underscores the profound challenges of deploying experimental AI…
Google Scales Back AI Health Answers After ‘Hallucinated’ Advice Sparks Alarm
Introduction In a swift and significant policy shift, Google has begun selectively disabling its AI Overviews feature for specific health-related searches. This move comes directly on the heels of investigative reports revealing the experimental tool was generating dangerously inaccurate medical advice, forcing the tech giant to confront the high-stakes risks of deploying AI in sensitive…
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