- AI Overviews, released <https://email-st.seekingalpha.com/click/35490908.4156/aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWVraW5nYWxwaGEuY29tL25ld3MvNDEwODA1NC1nb29nbGUtYWktb3ZlcnZpZXdzLXN0aWxsLXByb21vdGVzLXdlYi10cmFmZmljLWNvbmNlcm4tZXhpc3RzLWFtb25nLXNvbWUtY3JlYXRvcnM_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1zZWVraW5nX2FscGhhJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1ydGEtc3RvY2stbmV3cyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9MjkwMCZtYWlsaW5naWQ9MzU0OTA5MDgmc2VyaWFsPTM1NDkwOTA4LjQxNTYmdXRtX3Rlcm09MzU0OTA5MDguNDE1NiZzb3VyY2U9ZW1haWxfMjkwMA/60abacb719dc7f105d5104c8B7631c6ee> in the U.S. last week, has caused a kerfuffle due to some of its odd recommendations users have reported online. -
In one example <https://email-st.seekingalpha.com/click/35490908.4156/aHR0cHM6Ly94LmNvbS9rdXJ0b3BzYWhsL3N0YXR1cy8xNzkzNDk0ODIyNDM2OTE3Mjk1P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2Vla2luZ19hbHBoYSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249cnRhLXN0b2NrLW5ld3MmbWVzc2FnZWlkPTI5MDAmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTM1NDkwOTA4JnNlcmlhbD0zNTQ5MDkwOC40MTU2JnV0bV90ZXJtPTM1NDkwOTA4LjQxNTYmc291cmNlPWVtYWlsXzI5MDA/60abacb719dc7f105d5104c8Babcf9ac2>, posted on X, an AI Overview recommends adding "about one-eighth cup of non-toxic glue" in an answer to why cheese is not sticking to pizza. The generative AI response apparently stemmed from an 11-year-old comment <https://email-st.seekingalpha.com/click/35490908.4156/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS9yL1BpenphL2NvbW1lbnRzLzFhMTlzMC9jb21tZW50L2M4dDdiYnAvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2Vla2luZ19hbHBoYSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249cnRhLXN0b2NrLW5ld3MmbWVzc2FnZWlkPTI5MDAmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTM1NDkwOTA4JnNlcmlhbD0zNTQ5MDkwOC40MTU2JnV0bV90ZXJtPTM1NDkwOTA4LjQxNTYmc291cmNlPWVtYWlsXzI5MDA/60abacb719dc7f105d5104c8B18c340fd> on Reddit. - Google has a deal <https://email-st.seekingalpha.com/click/35490908.4156/aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWVraW5nYWxwaGEuY29tL25ld3MvNDA4MjA4My1yZWRkaXQtcG9wcy1hcy1pbnZlc3RvcnMtcmVjZWl2ZS1sYXRlc3QtaXBvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2Vla2luZ19hbHBoYSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249cnRhLXN0b2NrLW5ld3MmbWVzc2FnZWlkPTI5MDAmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTM1NDkwOTA4JnNlcmlhbD0zNTQ5MDkwOC40MTU2JnV0bV90ZXJtPTM1NDkwOTA4LjQxNTYmc291cmNlPWVtYWlsXzI5MDA/60abacb719dc7f105d5104c8Bc624cba7> with Reddit worth $60M per year to use the social media site's content to train its AI models. - In another instance <https://email-st.seekingalpha.com/click/35490908.4156/aHR0cHM6Ly94LmNvbS9FbnRyZXByZW5ldXIvc3RhdHVzLzE3OTM2OTA5MjQzMzkzMTA2MjQ_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1zZWVraW5nX2FscGhhJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1ydGEtc3RvY2stbmV3cyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9MjkwMCZtYWlsaW5naWQ9MzU0OTA5MDgmc2VyaWFsPTM1NDkwOTA4LjQxNTYmdXRtX3Rlcm09MzU0OTA5MDguNDE1NiZzb3VyY2U9ZW1haWxfMjkwMA/60abacb719dc7f105d5104c8B3e7a5408>, an AI Overview purported that eight former U.S. presidents graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including Andrew Jackson in 2005. - "The examples we've seen are generally very uncommon queries, and aren’t representative of most people’s experiences," Google said in a statement <https://email-st.seekingalpha.com/click/35490908.4156/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmJjLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FydGljbGVzL2NkMTFnemVqZ3o0bz91dG1fc291cmNlPXNlZWtpbmdfYWxwaGEmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXJ0YS1zdG9jay1uZXdzJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD0yOTAwJm1haWxpbmdpZD0zNTQ5MDkwOCZzZXJpYWw9MzU0OTA5MDguNDE1NiZ1dG1fdGVybT0zNTQ5MDkwOC40MTU2JnNvdXJjZT1lbWFpbF8yOTAw/60abacb719dc7f105d5104c8B445dab55> to the BBC about the issues. "The vast majority of AI Overviews provide high quality information, with links to dig deeper on the web." - Google Search dominates, as it accounts for nearly 91% of all web searches, according to Statcounter <https://email-st.seekingalpha.com/click/35490908.4156/aHR0cHM6Ly9ncy5zdGF0Y291bnRlci5jb20vc2VhcmNoLWVuZ2luZS1tYXJrZXQtc2hhcmU_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1zZWVraW5nX2FscGhhJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1ydGEtc3RvY2stbmV3cyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9MjkwMCZtYWlsaW5naWQ9MzU0OTA5MDgmc2VyaWFsPTM1NDkwOTA4LjQxNTYmdXRtX3Rlcm09MzU0OTA5MDguNDE1NiZzb3VyY2U9ZW1haWxfMjkwMA/60abacb719dc7f105d5104c8Ba2ffc26d>. Second place Bing by Microsoft (MSFT <https://email-st.seekingalpha.com/click/35490908.4156/aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWVraW5nYWxwaGEuY29tL3N5bWJvbC9NU0ZUP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2Vla2luZ19hbHBoYSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249cnRhLXN0b2NrLW5ld3MmbWVzc2FnZWlkPTI5MDAmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTM1NDkwOTA4JnNlcmlhbD0zNTQ5MDkwOC40MTU2JnV0bV90ZXJtPTM1NDkwOTA4LjQxNTYmc291cmNlPWVtYWlsXzI5MDA/60abacb719dc7f105d5104c8B5c39082e>) is used less than 4% of the time. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com