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"Imagine overhearing on a bus that the city council plans to implement new
restrictions under an urban planning program called “15-minute cities”.
Curious, you search the term on Google.
It’s likely that at the top of the results page, an AI-generated text
summarising the search results will appear. This text synthesises content from
various webpages that answer specific search queries. They are increasingly
appearing not only in Google, but also in other search engines, and users are
now likely to stop reading the search results page beyond this AI-generated
text.
But what if the AI-generated answer – the only search result users may see –
confidently makes misleading or incorrect claims? Or reinforces conspiratorial
ideas suggested by pro-conspiracy search terms?
Our new research, published in the journal
Media International Australia,
shows this is sometimes true of Google’s AI-generated overviews. It highlights
that stronger guardrails are needed to tackle the spread of dangerous
conspiracy theories."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
