Google AI search tells users to glue pizza and eat rocks

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AI search tells users to glue pizza and eat rocks

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’s new artificial intelligence (AI) search feature is facing criticism for providing erratic, inaccurate answers.

Its experimental “AI Overviews” tool has told some users searching for how to make cheese stick to pizza better that they could use “non-toxic glue”.

The search engine’s AI-generated responses have also said geologists recommend humans eat one rock per day.

A

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spokesperson told the BBC they were “isolated examples”.

Some of the answers appeared to be based on

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comments or articles written by satirical site, The Onion.

They have been widely mocked on social media.

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insisted the feature was generally working well.

“The examples we’ve seen are generally very uncommon queries, and aren’t representative of most people’s experiences,” it said in a statement.

“The vast majority of AI overviews provide high quality information, with links to dig deeper on the web.”

It said it had taken action where “policy violations” were identified and was using them to refine its systems.

It is not the first time the company has run into problems with its AI-powered products.

In February, it was forced to pause its chatbot Gemini

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for its “woke” responses.

Gemini’s forerunner, Bard, also

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began trialling AI overviews in search results

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, but launched the feature to all US users at its annual developer showcase in mid-May.

It works by using AI to provide a summary of search results, so users don’t have to scroll through a long list of websites to find the information they are seeking.

It is billed as a product that

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though users are warned it is experimental.

However, it is likely to be widely used – and trusted – because

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search ******** the go-to search engine for many.

According to web traffic tracker,

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’s search engine accounts for more than 90% of the global market.

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is far from the only tech facing a backlash over its attempts to cram more AI tools into their consumer-facing products.

The

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after it announced a feature coming to its new range of AI-focused PCs that would take continuous screenshots of their online activity.

And ChatGPT-maker OpenAI was called out by Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson for using a voice likened to her own,

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