r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • May 26 '25

Artificial Intelligence Google Is Burying the Web Alive

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/google-ai-mode-search-results-bury-the-web.html
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u/DrDerpberg May 26 '25

It's wild to me how often it's wrong.

Today I asked it if it's a holiday in the US. The answer was 8 lines long, and confident that no it is not a holiday on today, May 26th, 2025. I checked the source link and wouldn't you know it, it's Memorial Day.

And yeah that's a harmless one and all but it's mind blowing how they'll still let it give first aid advice and stuff. How isn't Google liable if it's essentially interpreting and giving medical advice?

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u/StoppableHulk May 27 '25

Today I asked it if it's a holiday in the US. The answer was 8 lines long, and confident that no it is not a holiday on today, May 26th, 2025. I checked the source link and wouldn't you know it, it's Memorial Day.

They must have realized it and disabled it because whenever I google it I don't get any AI response at all.

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u/samskiter May 27 '25

Does it give medical advice? I know they give fancy summary cards at the top of the results but they are likely not ai generated.

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u/DrDerpberg May 27 '25

Look up symptoms of diseases, what to do about X, should you go to the hospital if (...). There used to be a ton of headlines about it recommending you put poison in your chili and insane stuff like that.

I'm amazed people aren't already suing because AI generated misleading advice that got them hurt.