Over 10 percent of factual claims in Google's AI search summaries are not backed by their cited sources.

Over 10 percent of factual claims in #Google ’s #AI #searchsummaries aren’t backed by their cited sources, study finds https://www.psypost.org/how-google-ai-search-summaries-alter-online-information-and-publisher-revenue/

"The analysis showed that 11 percent of the generated claims were not supported by the cited pages. Most of these errors were omissions, meaning the summary stated a fact that simply did not exist in the source it linked to. In a smaller number of cases, the generated claim directly contradicted the text of its own cited source." https://www.psypost.org/how-google-ai-search-summaries-alter-online-information-and-publisher-revenue/ But! They're making less ad revenue on those search pages while they do it, I guess. Oh, well. 😂

Over 10 percent of factual claims in Google’s AI search summaries aren’t backed by their cited sources, study finds - https://www.psypost.org/how-google-ai-search-summaries-alter-online-information-and-publisher-revenue/?preview=true