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Google will start showing AI-powered search results to users who didn't opt in (www.engadget.com)
submitted 7 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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If you're in the US, you might see a new shaded section at the top of your Google Search results with a summary answering your inquiry, along with links for more information. That section, generated by Google's generative AI technology, used to appear only if you've opted into the Search Generative Experience(SGE) in the Search Labs platform. Now, according to Search Engine Land, Google has started adding the experience on a "subset of queries, on a small percentage of search traffic in the US." And that is why you could be getting Google's experimental AI-generated section even if you haven't switched it on.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just because it was trained on a huge wealth of knowledge doesn't mean that it was trained on correct knowledge.

Which makes its correct answers and it's confidently wrong answers look as plausible as each other. One needs to apply real intelligence to determine which to trust, makikg the AI tool mostly useless.