The recently introduced “AI Overviews” in Google Search have produced some strange results – some embarrassing, some ridiculous, some dangerous. This can be seen as an example for what various experts already know and preach: Don’t let your AI work unsupervised.
For example, one of Google AI’s recommendations was that cheese sticks better to pizza if you use a little glue. This recipe is based on a joke by a Reddit user with the endearing name of Fucksmith and dates back to 2013. The satirical website The Onion also seems to be considered a trustworthy source.
Critics say Google’s search results are now one big hallucination. One ex-Googler compares the company’s internal panic and headlessness to the failed anti-Facebook Google+.
Google says these and other examples are exceptions. Overall, the AI reviews are useful. Still, the company is in the process of fixing the worst missteps of its AI.