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Glue pizza? Gasoline spaghetti? Google explains what happened with its wonky AI search results

Google says much of what went viral wasn't real, but admitted its AI feature still needs improvement. Here's what the company is doing.

Other particularly egregious examples also went viral, seemingly of the rogue AI feature suggesting mixing bleach and vinegar to clean a washing machine, which would produce potentially deadly chlorine gas, or jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in response to a query of "I'm feeling depressed." Others have implied that we returned dangerous results for topics like leaving dogs in cars, smoking while pregnant, and depression." Better detection for nonsensical queries that shouldn't show an AI Overview and limited inclusion of satire and humor content

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