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Google had announced at the I\/O 2024 event that it is rolling out the AI overview feature to all users, the feature had hitherto been optional as part of company’s generative search experience. However, now users on social media have pointed out a number of critical issues with the feature including suggesting users to add glue to pizza and even eat rocks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
The issue was first pointed out by a post by user Peter Yang on X (formerly Twitter). In the shared screenshot, the user queries \u2018Cheese not sticking to pizza\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In reply, Google’s AI overviews suggested that users to add \u2018non-toxic glue\u2019 to pizza in order to give the sauce more \u2018tackiness\u2019. As it turns out, the overview was based on an 11-year-old Reddit post.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Another user queried Google about \u2018how many rocks\u2019 should they eat and the AI overviews feature once again delivered a bizarre result. While quoting UC Berkeley scientists, Google’s AI stated that is recommended to eat \u2018at least one small rock per day\u2019 since they contain minerals and vitamins that are important for digestive health.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Continuing the same trend, some users who queried Google about the Muslim presidents of the United States were told that the country has had at least one Muslim President, \u2018Barack Hussein Obama\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Google acknowledged the issue in a statement to The Verge but stated that the mistakes were from \u2018generaly very uncommon queries\u2019 and are not \u2018representative of most people\u2019s experiences\u2019.<\/p>\n
One user on Threads wrote, \u201cThey bought and killed dozens of good ideas and give us this alpha feature. Neat.”<\/p>\n
Another user on X \u00a0wrote, “it’s completely damning of google’s principles that its defense for the failure of AI search is that the queries being asked are “uncommon.” like a library telling you the more infrequently a book is taken out, the less you should trust it”.<\/p>\n
A user while sharing Google AI’s results on Barack Obama’s religious identity stated, “@Google you should take this “AI Overview” feature offline right now. It is thoroughly dangerous.”<\/p>\n
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