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Google Rolls Back A.I. Search Feature After Flubs and Flaws

27 points by jrflowers 2y ago

hole_in_foot 2y ago
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xenospn 2y ago
Has Google ever rolled out a “feature” that wasn’t in alpha/beta? I’m honestly having problems imagining Apple, for example, releasing something this buggy just to appease investors.
- isodev 2y ago
  If rumours are to be believed, Apple seem to have been pressured into doing something with OpenAI. I just hope it's opt-in or easy to turn off, whatever it is.
- foogazi 2y ago
  Wasn’t Gmail beta for a long time ?
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neonate 2y ago
https://archive.ph/anYw3 https://archive.ph/anYw3
bcrl 2y ago
It's almost as if the output of neural networks can't be predicted reliably.
megadal 2y ago
Feels click baity. AI overview is still enabled for an overwhelming majority of searches (if you are logged into your Google Account) I'm only here because I thought it was turned off completely.
- TheCleric 2y ago
  I was just trying to find a way to turn it off last night (doesn’t seem like you can on mobile safari).
  - nickthegreek 2y ago
    Using https://udm14.com/ https://udm14.com/ is the easiest way. Or an extension that adds the &udm14 to your Google searches.
_lvbh 2y ago
Did they not test it internally first? So many of Google’s bad press could’ve been easily avoided with some simple QA or slow rollout with a small number of the worst users (e.g. trolls, chronically online, etc) to know how it might be abused. Black Nazis, glue on pizza, etc
- politelemon 2y ago
  In their own blog post they say they did test it and "red team" it. https://blog.google/products/search/ai-overviews-update-may-2024/ https://blog.google/products/search/ai-overviews-update-may-... I'd speculate at this point that issues were raised which were ignored and the feature rushed out by pressure from senior leadership to get something "AI related" as soon as possible hurry up please.
jgalt212 2y ago
Someone didn't tell the marketing department. I keep Google seeing AI everywhere all the time ads on YouTube.

27 points by jrflowers 2y ago

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Has Google ever rolled out a “feature” that wasn’t in alpha/beta? I’m honestly having problems imagining Apple, for example, releasing something this buggy just to appease investors.

isodev 2y ago
If rumours are to be believed, Apple seem to have been pressured into doing something with OpenAI. I just hope it's opt-in or easy to turn off, whatever it is.
foogazi 2y ago
Wasn’t Gmail beta for a long time ?
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neonate 2y ago

https://archive.ph/anYw3 https://archive.ph/anYw3

bcrl 2y ago

It's almost as if the output of neural networks can't be predicted reliably.

megadal 2y ago

Feels click baity. AI overview is still enabled for an overwhelming majority of searches (if you are logged into your Google Account) I'm only here because I thought it was turned off completely.

TheCleric 2y ago
I was just trying to find a way to turn it off last night (doesn’t seem like you can on mobile safari).
- nickthegreek 2y ago
  Using https://udm14.com/ https://udm14.com/ is the easiest way. Or an extension that adds the &udm14 to your Google searches.

_lvbh 2y ago

Did they not test it internally first? So many of Google’s bad press could’ve been easily avoided with some simple QA or slow rollout with a small number of the worst users (e.g. trolls, chronically online, etc) to know how it might be abused. Black Nazis, glue on pizza, etc

politelemon 2y ago
In their own blog post they say they did test it and "red team" it. https://blog.google/products/search/ai-overviews-update-may-2024/ https://blog.google/products/search/ai-overviews-update-may-... I'd speculate at this point that issues were raised which were ignored and the feature rushed out by pressure from senior leadership to get something "AI related" as soon as possible hurry up please.

jgalt212 2y ago

Someone didn't tell the marketing department. I keep Google seeing AI everywhere all the time ads on YouTube.