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We're Tech Experts. Here's What You Should Know Before Trusting Google's AI Overview.
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These automatic summaries that pop up when you search may seem convenient, but there are a few major points to keep in mind.
What was once science fiction is now practically permeating every area of our lives. Artificial intelligence tools — like ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and Meta AI — have been exploding in popularity over the last year. And while generative AI has its benefits, like that it can create original content in response to user queries, it can be hard to opt out of.
Take, for example, when you Google a question and get a hodgepodge of answers from Google’s AI Overview.
AI Overviews launched in May 2024. Google’s AI, Gemini, analyzes information from a variety of online resources and gives users a quick overview in response to their queries at the top of the results page. The company now offers AI Overviews in more than 100 countries.
Sounds great in theory, right?
AI Overviews sometimes culls information from sources that may not be verified or accurate, such as Reddit threads, and pushes reliable sources further down, resulting in a summary that can be wrong or even harmful.