Google’s AI Overviews promise instant answers, but new research shows they’re not always reliable. From overgeneralized claims to outdated sources, here’s why you should think twice before trusting that neat little summary at the top of your search results.

After rolling out earlier this year, these AI Overviews and are now showing up more and more at the top of search results. Instead of pulling a direct quote from one site, Google uses AI to generate a short summary of what it thinks is the best answer to your question. For example, it might even pull up this article and summarize it for you. And while that may sound convenient, there's a big problem with the accuracy of these overviews. Recent research shows that the AI exaggerates and even serves up outdated information and glosses ov

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