Google’s AI Overview is barely a few weeks old, and it’s already facing difficulty. Social media has been filling up with odd answers from AI Overview, but it seems Google may be manually deleting those odd answers.
AI Overview, Google’s Newest Feature
Google’s AI Overview is a feature that leverages the power of artificial intelligence to respond to user inquiries. Despite being only a few weeks old, it is already making waves, though not all of them positive.
This new tool, designed to help users quickly find relevant information, has been generating some unexpected and peculiar responses, which have been widely shared and discussed on various social media platforms. The unusual, and at times humorous, responses from AI Overview have raised questions about the capability and readiness of this artificial intelligence feature.
The frequent example of the odd answers from AI Overview has been instructions to put glue on pizza to keep the cheese from sliding off. Obviously, that’s a ridiculous answer. Hopefully, there isn’t anyone who would try it just because Google suggested it.
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Google Deleting Odd Answers
While AI is generally expected to learn and improve over time, the high volume of odd answers so early in AI Overview’s rollout is notable. Look around social media, and you’ll see plenty of them.
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However, it appears that Google might be taking steps to rectify this. Reports and observations from users suggest that Google may be manually intervening to delete these strange responses. This manual intervention would indicate that Google is actively monitoring the performance of AI Overview and is committed to improving its accuracy and reliability.
Google was quick to defend its new feature. Reportedly, it said that the questions AI Overview is getting wrong are uncommon and don’t represent what people are generally asking Google. It also said it was quickly taking action and would be working on improving the system, with some of those improvements already at play.
While Google’s AI Overview is facing some early challenges, the company appears to be actively working on improving the answers that are produced. How effective Google’s efforts are will depend on multiple factors, but they’re on the right track to be handling it already. Check out these deep web search engines to find what Google can’t.
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Laura has spent more than 20 years writing news, reviews, and op-eds, with the majority of those years as an editor as well. She has exclusively used Apple products for the past 35 years. In addition to writing and editing at MTE, she also runs the site’s sponsored review program.
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