When asked to confirm the current year, Google’s AI-generated top result confidently answers, “No, it is not 2025.” www.wired.com/story/google...
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When asked to confirm the current year, Google’s AI-generated top result confidently answers, “No, it is not 2025.” www.wired.com/story/google...
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Could be something as inane as when pulling from the last 12 mos sourcing as its already programmed search engine capability allows, instead of 24 hrs, it is using the preponderance of the prior year, if in first 6 mos of this year, without any rule that says “and pick the higher number of the two.”
What does "a loose dog won't surf" mean? Absolutely nothing, unless you're using AI Overviews. The Google feature is generating credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.
This is an important reminder about the continued mistakes present in any kind of AI-generated output. A consistent skepticism is still required. And these kinds of AI errors aren’t going away anytime soon, @thiccreese.bsky.social writes.
Generative AI models are trained on vast amounts of internet data. This data, while rich in information, contains both accurate and inaccurate content, as well as societal and cultural biases. mitsloanedtech.mit.edu/ai/basics/ad...