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Google's election AI Overviews are opaque, rely on few sources, and sometimes take sides

German advocacy group AlgorithmWatch, using access granted under the EU's Digital Services Act, ran 4,480 election-related search queries on Google and found that its AI Overviews were shown inconsistently, relied on a small pool of sources—chiefly Google's own YouTube—and sometimes took sides. Google left open whether earlier safeguards against AI answers on election questions still apply.

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Google's election AI Overviews are opaque, rely on few sources, and sometimes take sides
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By Maximilian SchreinerSource:

The DecoderUsing access granted under the EU's Digital Services Act, the German advocacy group AlgorithmWatch ran 4,480 election-related search queries on Google and analyzed the AI Overviews that came back. Google showed the overviews inconsistently and leaned on a small pool of sources, chief among them its own platform YouTube. Whether earlier safeguards against AI answers on election questions still apply, Google left open.

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