Also including the use of AI (usually ChatGPT) as magical answer machines. * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AIの回答精度、企業担当者の9割超が「期待届かず」 トヨクモ調べ
業務用システム開発のトヨクモが実施した企業の人工知能(AI)活用に関する調査で、AIに社内情報を読み込ませた担当者の9割超が期待通りの回答を得られなかったと感じていることが分かった。古い情報が混じり回答精度が低下する場合が多かった。調査は5月にインターネット上で実施し、従業員50〜299人の企業で社内情報などの管理業務に携わる担当者111人から回答を得た。AIの回答精度が低い理由について、6

AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find
AI has broken the economic bargain behind the web, and everybody is losing.

Groundbreaking BBC research shows issues with over half the answers from Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants
Conducted over a month, the study saw the BBC test four prominent, publicly available AI assistants

AI Comes for Academics. Can We Rely on It?
By now, the fact that artificial intelligence can hallucinate is, I hope, well known. There are countless examples of platforms like ChatGPT giving the wrong answer to a straightforward question or

How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter Spiral — ProPublica
I thought I had missed something major in my reporting. Turns out I had stumbled into an AI-fueled feedback loop that involved a real LLC’s fictional website and a search engine that’s thrusting unreliable answers on users.

DuckDuckGo, Unable to Resist the Pull of AI, Mistakenly Claims Trump Died of Rabies
Can't just be the non-AI search engine.

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
Google検索の「AIによる概要」が虚偽の情報を記載したことにGoogleが直接的な責任を負うとの画期的判決が下る
Google検索の検索結果ページの一番上に表示される「AIによる概要」はAIが情報をまとめてくれるため利便性が高い一方で、1時間に何千万件もウソをついているという調査結果があるように、その不正確さが問題視されることがあります。AIによる概要が企業について誤った情報を提示した上で修正要請にも対応しなかったとして、Googleに責任を求める判決がドイツの裁判所で下されました。

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.

Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google
Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

Apple urged to withdraw 'out of control' AI news alerts
Apple has pledged improvements to its news summarising tool, but critics say it is dangerous and needs to be withdrawn.

Apple Has To Pull Its “AI” News Synopses Because They Were Routinely Full Of Shit
While “AI” (language learning models) certainly could help journalism, the fail upward brunchlords in charge of most modern media outlets instead see the technology as a way to cut corner…

Searching for 'Disregard' Breaks Google [Updated]
On Tuesday, Google held its I/O developer event, and introduced an AI-forward version of Google Search that the company described as an "intelligent search box" powered by the newest version of Gemini. It turns out Google's all-new version of search semi-breaks when you search for the word "disregard". Typing "disregard" into Google Search results in Google's AI interpreting it as a system-style instruction instead of a search query. "Understood.

TikTok is pulling back on an AI feature that went haywire
TikTok is pulling back on an AI feature that added wildly inaccurate text summaries to videos from users like Charli D'Amelio and Shakira.
You Should Still Fact-Check the 'Expert Advice' in Google's AI Summaries
Google's AI responses will now show expert advice pulled from online forums like Reddit with specific quotes and links to discussions related to search queries.

¿Se puede quitar la IA de Meta, Grok de Twitter (ahora X) o la ‘vista creada con IA’ de Google? No, pero puedes minimizar que te afecte si no quieres usarla·Maldita.es - Periodismo para que no te la cuelen
Cada vez son más las empresas que están integrando funciones con IA a sus aplicaciones. En España, en marzo de 2025, Google…

【お知らせ】京都府知事選の情勢調査で記事内容と異なる誤情報が流れています|京都新聞デジタル 京都・滋賀のニュースサイト
京都府知事選(4月5日投開票)の情勢について、X(旧ツイッター)で「京都新聞社が発表した情勢調査で浜田聡候補が現職知事と並んだ」との趣旨の…

It’s not even consistent google.com/search?q=how+many+days+of+the…
jack
LOL i thought this was fake at first, but check it yourself 😭 google.com/search?q=how+many+days+of+the…
personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.