‘Legitimately dangerous’: Google’s erroneous AI Overviews spark mockery, concern

by | May 24, 2024 | Technology

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Should you add glue to your pizza, stare directly at the sun for 30 minutes per day, eat rocks or a poisonous mushroom, treat a snake bite with ice, and jump off the Golden Gate Bridge?

According to information served up through Google Search’s new “AI Overview” feature, these obviously stupid and harmful suggestions are not only good ideas, but the top of all possible results a user should see when searching with its signature product.

Good ol’ Google AI: telling you to do the exact things you *are not supposed to do* when bitten by a rattlesnake.From mushrooms to snakebites, AI content is genuinely dangerous. pic.twitter.com/UZXgBjsre9— ern. (@ErinEARoss) May 19, 2024

What is going on, where did all this bad information come from, and why is Google putting at the top of its search results pages right now? Let’s dive in.

What is Google AI Overview?

In its bid to catch-up to rival OpenAI and its hit chatbot ChatGPT in the large language model (LLM) chatbot and search game, Google introduced a new feature called “Search Generative Experience” nearly a year ago in May 2023.

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It was described then as: “an AI-powered snapshot of key information to consider, with links to dig deeper,” and appeared basically as a new paragraph of text right below the Google Search input bar, above the traditional list of blue links the user typically got when searching Google.

The feature was said to be powered by Search-specific AI models. At the time, it was an “opt-in” service and users had to go through a number of hoops to turn it on.

But 10 days ago at Google’s I/O conference, amid a fleet of AI-related announcements, the company announced the Search Generative Experience had been renamed AI Overviews and was co …

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Join us in returning to NYC on June 5th to collaborate with executive leaders in exploring comprehensive methods for auditing AI models regarding bias, performance, and ethical compliance across diverse organizations. Find out how you can attend here.

Should you add glue to your pizza, stare directly at the sun for 30 minutes per day, eat rocks or a poisonous mushroom, treat a snake bite with ice, and jump off the Golden Gate Bridge?

According to information served up through Google Search’s new “AI Overview” feature, these obviously stupid and harmful suggestions are not only good ideas, but the top of all possible results a user should see when searching with its signature product.

Good ol’ Google AI: telling you to do the exact things you *are not supposed to do* when bitten by a rattlesnake.From mushrooms to snakebites, AI content is genuinely dangerous. pic.twitter.com/UZXgBjsre9— ern. (@ErinEARoss) May 19, 2024

What is going on, where did all this bad information come from, and why is Google putting at the top of its search results pages right now? Let’s dive in.

What is Google AI Overview?

In its bid to catch-up to rival OpenAI and its hit chatbot ChatGPT in the large language model (LLM) chatbot and search game, Google introduced a new feature called “Search Generative Experience” nearly a year ago in May 2023.

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It was described then as: “an AI-powered snapshot of key information to consider, with links to dig deeper,” and appeared basically as a new paragraph of text right below the Google Search input bar, above the traditional list of blue links the user typically got when searching Google.

The feature was said to be powered by Search-specific AI models. At the time, it was an “opt-in” service and users had to go through a number of hoops to turn it on.

But 10 days ago at Google’s I/O conference, amid a fleet of AI-related announcements, the company announced the Search Generative Experience had been renamed AI Overviews and was co …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]

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