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Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination (gizmodo.com)

submitted 5 months ago by RGB@group.lt to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Google rolled out AI overviews across the United States this month, exposing its flagship product to the hallucinations of large language models.

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[–] sudo42@lemmy.world 78 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Hey, we just promised you answers. We never promised you correct answers." -- Google Marketing, probably.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

"Besides, the more incorrect answers - the more time users will spend on our site and use our service to get the correct answer = more ads shown = more profit!"