>Now, Google is beginning to replace news headlines in its search results with ones that are AI-generated. After doing something similar in its Google Discover news feed, it’s starting to mess with headlines in the traditional “10 blue links,” too. We’ve found multiple examples where Google replaced headlines we wrote with ones we did not, sometimes changing their meaning in the process.
gregrqecwdcew on
So we’re going from AI generated content, which might be inaccurate, to inaccurate summaries of that inaccurate content?
_HGCenty on
My guess is Google is training AI to write clickbait headlines and then testing what’s most clickbaity as people’s behaviours evolve to avoid clickbait.
It can then use this data to sell to advertisers to make their ads even more bait like.
Haikouden on
So they’re doubling down on absolutely fucking SEO in a way that’s anit-consumer, but with a side of anti-producer as well? I doubt many people making the headlines in the first place will be happy with this, and any that are would presumably be making slop to begin with.
How are the headlines to get replaced and rewritten getting chosen? seems like a very easy way to inject bias, misinformation, etc.
The amount of damage this could and will collectively do to everyone wanting to use Google for it’s intended (originally at least, I guess that’s changed as far as the company is concerned) purpose is immense.
Google is the primary way so so many people have for accessing information online. And a bunch of them probably won’t notice or won’t know about this.
How could they possibly justify this as a reasonable thing to do?
Jeraz0l on
Considering the proliferation of click bait and outright deceptive headlines which has become common even in what is seen as serious and reliable news sources, I can sort of see what they are trying to do here, but whether that makes it right? I dunno.
destinationsam on
Now? Hasn’t this been going on for most of the past year?
Aggravating-Dot132 on
Wait, what? Of the actual websites? What the actual fuck?
kinetic_honda on
So basically, like a reddit user? Taking a news article and just posting an emotional title instead of something actually informative? Are they just trying to make things more click baity?
dayburner on
Google: I see your AI and substitute my own.
AutumnSunshiiine on
DuckDuckGo. I avoid Google’s search engine at all costs. DDG’s AI is optional.
jmarinara on
I am always surprised by when and how often America companies shoot at their own golden goose.
HeavyRightFoot-TG on
Google used to be my favorite tool and now it’s pretty much useless.
abelminded on
kagi
CallmeKahn on
TL;DR in case anyone can’t read the page because the number of ads is crashing your browser or getting some paywall: Google is taking clickbaity headlines and making them a bit more succinct while keeping them clickbaity.
Shite article.
xParesh on
I started using Google when is was a complete unknown entity and kept with them but the changes they have made recently are so drastic and horrible that it’s practically unusable for search.
Last week for the first time in 20 years I started using alternative search engines and I found them all to be as good as Google used to be.
If Google wants to eat itself by ruining their products with AI, then vote with your mice and use the far superior competitive browsers and products out there.
Plenty-Salamander-36 on
The Slop must flow.
4baobao on
so no more clickbait bullshit? sounds good
Limberine on
We have to dig past the constant slop. There’s probably a way to turn it off, I hope there is.
I honestly no longer want anything to do with goog
RevoOps on
Paywalled article. Should probably post the whole article in the comments.
Pkittens on
I would genuinely love this if it was actually used to eradicate clickbait headlines. But it’s Google so obviously they won’t make the internet better they’ll purposefully make it worse
big-papito on
Ah, yeah. I’ve been writing them letters asking for this feature for years.
ClownMorty on
Google somehow makes some of the best and worst stuff simultaneously
Andovars_Ghost on
So is THAT why some Reddit posts have stroke-inducing text now or did people just get *REALLY* stupid?
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>Now, Google is beginning to replace news headlines in its search results with ones that are AI-generated. After doing something similar in its Google Discover news feed, it’s starting to mess with headlines in the traditional “10 blue links,” too. We’ve found multiple examples where Google replaced headlines we wrote with ones we did not, sometimes changing their meaning in the process.
So we’re going from AI generated content, which might be inaccurate, to inaccurate summaries of that inaccurate content?
My guess is Google is training AI to write clickbait headlines and then testing what’s most clickbaity as people’s behaviours evolve to avoid clickbait.
It can then use this data to sell to advertisers to make their ads even more bait like.
So they’re doubling down on absolutely fucking SEO in a way that’s anit-consumer, but with a side of anti-producer as well? I doubt many people making the headlines in the first place will be happy with this, and any that are would presumably be making slop to begin with.
How are the headlines to get replaced and rewritten getting chosen? seems like a very easy way to inject bias, misinformation, etc.
The amount of damage this could and will collectively do to everyone wanting to use Google for it’s intended (originally at least, I guess that’s changed as far as the company is concerned) purpose is immense.
Google is the primary way so so many people have for accessing information online. And a bunch of them probably won’t notice or won’t know about this.
How could they possibly justify this as a reasonable thing to do?
Considering the proliferation of click bait and outright deceptive headlines which has become common even in what is seen as serious and reliable news sources, I can sort of see what they are trying to do here, but whether that makes it right? I dunno.
Now? Hasn’t this been going on for most of the past year?
Wait, what? Of the actual websites? What the actual fuck?
So basically, like a reddit user? Taking a news article and just posting an emotional title instead of something actually informative? Are they just trying to make things more click baity?
Google: I see your AI and substitute my own.
DuckDuckGo. I avoid Google’s search engine at all costs. DDG’s AI is optional.
I am always surprised by when and how often America companies shoot at their own golden goose.
Google used to be my favorite tool and now it’s pretty much useless.
kagi
TL;DR in case anyone can’t read the page because the number of ads is crashing your browser or getting some paywall: Google is taking clickbaity headlines and making them a bit more succinct while keeping them clickbaity.
Shite article.
I started using Google when is was a complete unknown entity and kept with them but the changes they have made recently are so drastic and horrible that it’s practically unusable for search.
Last week for the first time in 20 years I started using alternative search engines and I found them all to be as good as Google used to be.
If Google wants to eat itself by ruining their products with AI, then vote with your mice and use the far superior competitive browsers and products out there.
The Slop must flow.
so no more clickbait bullshit? sounds good
We have to dig past the constant slop. There’s probably a way to turn it off, I hope there is.
People still use google, the best is https://duckduckgo.com/
I honestly no longer want anything to do with goog
Paywalled article. Should probably post the whole article in the comments.
I would genuinely love this if it was actually used to eradicate clickbait headlines. But it’s Google so obviously they won’t make the internet better they’ll purposefully make it worse
Ah, yeah. I’ve been writing them letters asking for this feature for years.
Google somehow makes some of the best and worst stuff simultaneously
So is THAT why some Reddit posts have stroke-inducing text now or did people just get *REALLY* stupid?