Google is playing whack-a-mole with disastrous AI Overviews gone viral

Credit: Google Google has confirmed that it will take “swift action” on erroneous AI Overviews. The statement comes after several incorrect, weird, or dangerous AI Overviews went viral online. Some … Read more

Taylor Bell

Taylor Bell

Published on May 28, 2024

Google is playing whack-a-mole with disastrous AI Overviews gone viral

AI Overviews at Google I/O.

Credit: Google
  • Google has confirmed that it will take “swift action” on erroneous AI Overviews.
  • The statement comes after several incorrect, weird, or dangerous AI Overviews went viral online.
  • Some of the more prominent viral suggestions include drinking urine to pass kidney stones and jumping off a bridge if you’re depressed.

Google decided to broadly roll out its AI Overviews feature in the US earlier this month, offering AI-generated summaries for various queries. Unfortunately, many responses were inaccurate, weird, or outright dangerous.

Now, Google has confirmed in a response to Android Authority that it’s taking “swift action” on offending queries:

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