Ars Technica6d ago
Analysis finds Google AI Overviews is wrong 10 percent of the time
Is 90 percent accuracy good enough for a search robot?
https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/04/analysis-finds-google-ai-overviews-is-wrong-10-percent-of-the-time/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Show threadCassandrich
@arstechnica This isn't even a meaningful claim. Overviews aren't binary "right" or "wrong". Maybe only 10% meet some extreme definition of "wrong", but none of them are accurate because they don't contain the key thing a search is looking for: provenance, a basis for knowing who the claims you're being presented with are coming from. And nearly all have some counterfactual claims.
Apr 7 at 6:32pmWeb
Show threadwebhat6d ago

@dalias

Analysis finds @arstechnica is wrong 10 percent of the time
Is 90 percent accuracy good enough for a news outlet?

Show threadCassandrich6d ago
@webhat @arstechnica 🤣