Get the latest tech news

Google's AI Feeds People Answers From The Onion


An anonymous reader shares a report: As denizens of the Internet, we have all often seen a news item so ridiculous it caused us to think, "This seems like an Onion headline." But as real human beings, most of us have the ability to discern between reality and satire. Unfortunately, Google's newly la...

An anonymous reader shares a report: As denizens of the Internet, we have all often seen a news item so ridiculous it caused us to think, "This seems like an Onion headline." The feature, which launched less than two weeks ago (with no way for users to opt-out), provides answers to certain queries at the top of the page above any other online resources. The artificial intelligence creates its answers from knowledge it has synthesized from around the web, which would be great, except not everything on the Internet is true or accurate.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Slashdot

Read more on:

Photo of Google

Google

Photo of people

people

Photo of onion

onion

Related news:

News photo

It's a golden age of puzzle games, even for people who suck at puzzle games

News photo

Samsung is breaking away from iFixit's mission while Google is embracing it

News photo

Google goes shopping for Indian e-commerce dominance … at Walmart