TECH - Barack Obama: The First US Muslim President? Google's AI Overview Faces Backlash For Describing Ex-President As Such | Benzinga
Earlier this month, Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google began rolling out "AI Overviews," previously known as Search Generative Experience or SGE, to the users in the U.S. However, now after almost two weeks, the feature appears to give users more headaches than utility.
What Happened: On social media platforms like X, formerly Twitter and Threads, users have been bombarding screenshots of summaries shared by AI Overviews — and it's filled with rather unusual responses.
For instance, when a user asked how to prevent the cheese from falling off their pizza, the Google AI suggested adding glue to the sauce. The worst part is Google based the answer on a Reddit comment but failed to pick up on the sarcasm.
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Another erroneous response stated that former U.S. President Barack Obama was the first Muslim President of the U.S.