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Google explains AI Overviews' viral mistakes and updates its systems, including “better detection for nonsensical queries” and limiting satire and humor content

Google this afternoon published a long response about AI Overviews and their accuracy.

9to5Google Abner Li

Discussion

  • @thatadamguy Adam Lasnik on threads
    I'm biased (because I worked [way down the chain] under Liz and quite respect her), but... this seems like a well-written, thoughtful, and useful post to me.
  • @hughsteruk @hughsteruk on threads
    Which rather reveals the fatal flaw in the whole system: had they just linked to the sites with the satirical answer as they always used to, any human reading would've been able to determine it was satirical.  They've deliberately introduced incorrect information into search resu…
  • @micfarris Mic Farris on threads
    I think this shows why the approach to advancing AI is flawed.  “No one asked Google that question” or “there isn't much web content” implies that learners require so many examples of the right answers to learn.  Something is off with the assumptions on which the tech approach is…
  • @katienotopoulos Katie Notopoulos on threads
    I'm claiming this as a W that me eating glue was an improvement to society https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
  • @durvidimel David ImeI on x
    “You're googling it wrong” wasn't on my bingo card this year https://www.theverge.com/...
  • @rustybrick Barry Schwartz on x
    Google AI Overviews are here to stay, with some improvements - in fact, Google said they are as accurate as featured snippets. Let's call this the Ray Google AI Overviews Update https://www.seroundtable.com/ ... [image]
  • @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x
    Google has made a solid number of changes to improve its AI overviews after a bunch of embarrassing results last week. Shipping quickly and rapidly iterating on the product as you get feedback is how tech companies thrive and a skill Google seemed to have lost. Welcome back. [ima…
  • @nitashatiku Nitasha Tiku on x
    breaking non-trump news from @GerritD. Google says it's scaling down the use of AI answers in some search results after well, you know https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
  • @gaganghotra_ Gagan Ghotra on x
    (finally) Google shares as update about AI Overviews 😃 🧵 Some thoughts in the thread as I read this post https://blog.google/... [image]
  • @jenn_elias Jennifer E. on x
    Tech news dump: Google acknowledges AI Overviews mishaps but doubles down saying most queries of concern were either fake or nonsensical Buried in the post: It has improved detection for satirical content and is limiting the use of user-generated content https://blog.google/...
  • @larryferlazzo Larry Ferlazzo on x
    Who would have predicted?—Google scales back AI search answers after it told users to eat glue https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
  • @richsangerseo @richsangerseo on x
    A few thoughts on Google's response... If AI Overview satisfaction is high, why are they refusing to share that data in Search Console? Here's Google's response: https://blog.google/... 🧵 1/ [image]
  • @jenn_elias Jennifer E. on x
    Tech news dump: Google acknowledges AI Overviews mishaps but doubles down saying most queries of concern were either fake or nonsensical Buried in the post: It has improved detection for satirical content and is limiting the use of user-generated content https://blog.google/...
  • @lilyraynyc Lily Ray on x
    Well, Google finally responded to the AI Overview drama from last week. The response makes sense, but some of the things mentioned surprised me a bit, like this part: “Because accuracy is paramount in Search, AI Overviews are built to only show information that is backed up by
  • @carlhendy Carl Hendy on x
    The Google search team have just released a post about last weeks AI Overview rollout. Please take a read. https://blog.google/... This was the first note that caught my eye. [image]