“As AI search takes off, users will need to get into the habit of fact-checking their search results, he said.“

Against what? That people are treating a search technology that invariably delivers falsehoods as a revolutionary, positive advance is just bananas.

What an amazing statement. There is no universe where it’s a good thing that a search engine company forces people to do a second search to confirm their first, company-provided, result isn’t a straight-up lie.

https://www.thestar.com/business/technology/2023/06/15/googles-new-ai-search-function-is-revolutionary-but-dont-believe-everything-it-says-experts-say.html