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Google AI Overviews’ health search errors raises concerns
The post Google AI Overviews’ health search errors raises concerns appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Google is using artificial intelligence to answer queries regarding health issues. Some analysts find this concerning, considering the AI Overviews feature may provide unreliable information. Medical practitioners say that AI Overviews can be a concern, especially when answering personal health queries. They argued that the feature has the potential to give out inaccurate information even though it can also guide people toward required medical treatment, according to a recent report by the New York Times. AI Overviews search error fuels AI hallucination sentiments Google introduced AI Overviews, a feature that generates summaries of content from websites and shows them on Google’s search results page. Within a few days after launch, the feature has shown a wide range of inaccuracies, as it based its answers on flawed sources. An occurrence that further fuels the sentiment that AI is prone to hallucinations and can generate factually incorrect information. Also read: Google limits AI Overviews for satirical and nonsensical queries Health-related search results administering a daily dose of rock or asking users to eat glued pizzas have generated a backlash. AI Overviews do quote sources like the World Health Organization, WebMD, PubMed, and Mayo Clinic. However, they are not limited to these sources. Analysts say that the tool pulls information from Reddit, Wikipedia, different blogs, and e-commerce sites. Hema Budaraju, a senior product management director at Google, said that there are additional guardrails for health-related queries, but she declined to reveal any further details. Hema added that some queries do not trigger AI Overviews, for example, if the system senses a self-harm situation. Google said that AI Overviews integrates with Google Knowledge Graph, a knowledge base containing data pulled from several sources, but did not provide details about the websites supporting the output of the AI-assisted search feature. Google shows more AI Overviews…
The post Google AI Overviews’ health search errors raises concerns appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Google is using artificial intelligence to answer queries regarding health issues. Some analysts find this concerning, considering the AI Overviews feature may provide unreliable information. Medical practitioners say that AI Overviews can be a concern, especially when answering personal health queries. They argued that the feature has the potential to give out inaccurate information even though it can also guide people toward required medical treatment, according to a recent report by the New York Times. AI Overviews search error fuels AI hallucination sentiments Google introduced AI Overviews, a feature that generates summaries of content from websites and shows them on Google’s search results page. Within a few days after launch, the feature has shown a wide range of inaccuracies, as it based its answers on flawed sources. An occurrence that further fuels the sentiment that AI is prone to hallucinations and can generate factually incorrect information. Also read: Google limits AI Overviews for satirical and nonsensical queries Health-related search results administering a daily dose of rock or asking users to eat glued pizzas have generated a backlash. AI Overviews do quote sources like the World Health Organization, WebMD, PubMed, and Mayo Clinic. However, they are not limited to these sources. Analysts say that the tool pulls information from Reddit, Wikipedia, different blogs, and e-commerce sites. Hema Budaraju, a senior product management director at Google, said that there are additional guardrails for health-related queries, but she declined to reveal any further details. Hema added that some queries do not trigger AI Overviews, for example, if the system senses a self-harm situation. Google said that AI Overviews integrates with Google Knowledge Graph, a knowledge base containing data pulled from several sources, but did not provide details about the websites supporting the output of the AI-assisted search feature. Google shows more AI Overviews…
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