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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 60 points 18 hours ago (11 children)

Or if you are set on using AI Overviews to research products, then be intentional about asking for negatives and always fact-check the output as it is likely to include hallucinations.

If it is necessary to fact check something every single time you use it, what benefit does it give?

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It hasn't stopped anyone from using ChatGPT, which has become their biggest competitor since the inception of web search.

So yes, it's dumb, but they kind of have to do it at this point. And they need everyone to know it's available from the site they're already using, so they push it on everyone.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

No, they don't have to use defective technology just becsuse everyone else is.

[–] artyom@piefed.social -4 points 11 hours ago
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