Google is running a “small” experiment replacing news headlines in search results with AI-generated ones, after adding the feature in Google Discover in January
We're seeing Verge headlines rewritten by Google AI. … Since roughly the turn of the millennium, Google Search has been the bedrock of the web.
The Verge Sean Hollister
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- Google should not do this! Bad headlines are the most common and prominent way humans mess up articles, and having AI do this on top is just going to make it much, much worse. … Vanessa Otero
- Amid ongoing visibility issues in AI Overviews, Google is now replacing publisher headlines with AI alternatives 🚨 — Unfortunately, this trend isn't entirely new. … Louisa Frahm
- > For example, Google reduced our headline “I used the ‘cheat on everything’ AI tool and it didn't help me cheat on anything” to just five words: “'Cheat on everything' AI tool.” It almost sounds like we're endorsing a product we do not recommend at all. — https://www.theverge.com/... … @stefan@stefanbohacek.online · Stefan Bohacek
- google is now completely untrustworthy for even basic information. — https://www.theverge.com/... @munin@infosec.exchange
- This is an absolutely horrible idea and Google should be bloody ashamed for even testing it. Turn the experiment off and destroy the source code. https://www.theverge.com/... @grigs@front-end.social · Jason Grigsby
- Back in 2020, I wrote this about Google's AMP: https://exple.tive.org/... Well, today we find out that Google is using its whole AI summary thing to change what journalism outlets are writing. — https://www.theverge.com/... Usual usual for the Big G, three things are true: — No human actually wants this. … @mhoye@cosocial.ca
Discussion
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@quinnypig
Corey Quinn
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Google is running a “small” experiment in being a colossal piece of corporate shit.
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@abeba
Dr Abeba Birhane
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google is too big to fail and to powerful to care. they can do whatever they want and ain't nobody gonna do nothin about it🤷🏾♀ ️ — www.theverge.com/tech/896490/ ...
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@bcmerchant
Brian Merchant
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Nothing piques my curiosity and demands that I click more than the headline ‘Copilot Changes: Marketing Teams at it Again’ [embedded post]
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@bobbyallyn
Bobby Allyn
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just imagine: Google's AI puts a slop headline on a credible source stating the opposite of what happened, causing a prediction market to resolve. handwringing ensues over AI warping reality and the financialization of everything, only after traders have cashed out — www.thever…
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@karlbode.com
Karl Bode
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this is a really grim world the techno extraction class is building where they not only hijack all your inbound ad traffic with AI, they sanitize and sloppify your headlines [embedded post]
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@joemenn
Joseph Menn
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Leave Benevolent Tech Giant Alone, Sources Say [embedded post]
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@seamoosi
Eric Van Allen
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feel like i've been saying for a while that making editorial plans around appeasing the Google machine was a bad idea, putting you at the mercy of a capricious god. — vindication does not feel good, though. this is obviously bad, for everyone. — www.theverge.com/tech/896490/…
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@juxtacognition
Angie Nikoleychuk
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Rewriting titles went poorly last time. I can see how getting AI to do this would be any better. [embedded post]
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@justinhendrix
Justin Hendrix
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Google started rewriting headlines for videos in search results years ago; perhaps not a surprise it would do so now for news organizations, but still wonder what it means for a platform to re-author content in this way. [embedded post]
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@quinnypig.com
Corey Quinn
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Google is running a “small” experiment in being a colossal piece of corporate shit. [embedded post]
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@reckless
Nilay Patel
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Google is now screwing with the 10 blue links in traditional search and rewriting headlines - including ours - to be the worst kind of slop. This sucks so bad www.theverge.com/tech/896490/ ... [image]
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@seanokane
Sean O'Kane
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Not to mention the disrespect (and also probably contempt) for the news outlets and other websites that, it should always be remembered, are the providers of actual content that people use Google to find. — www.theverge.com/tech/896490/ ...
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@seanhollister
Sean Hollister
on bluesky
Over the past few months, we caught Google replacing news headlines in Google Search — yes, with AI. — Is nothing sacred anymore? www.theverge.com/tech/896490/ ...
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@miasato
Mia Sato
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my colleague @seanhollister.bsky.social has been all over this story! from his piece this morning: www.theverge.com/tech/896490/ ... [image]
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