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.

Google's election AI Overviews are opaque, rely on few sources, and sometimes take sides By Maximilian SchreinerSource: The Decoder https://the-decoder.com Using 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. The article Google's election AI Overviews are opaque, rely on few sources, and sometimes take sides https://the-decoder.com/googles-election-ai-overviews-are-opaque-rely-on-few-sources-and-sometimes-take-sides/ appeared first on The Decoder https://the-decoder.com . Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.