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  "path": "/archives/2026-jan-apr.html#20_April_2026_(google_ai_overview_misinformation)",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T08:39:21.000Z",
  "site": "https://stallman.org",
  "tags": [
    "incorrect answers."
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  "textContent": "Empirically, Google Search so-called \"AI\" Overviews have a 10% chance of giving incorrect answers.\n\nGoogle says users should check them before trusting them, but this is just an excuse to avoid being liable for the errors. At the same time, Google uses the hype term \"AI\" so that users _will_ trust them.\n\nIf you don't want to be misled by them, don't look at them. Even better, don't use Google search at all.\n\nI can't use Google search because it doesn't work at all, for me. It requires users to run nonfree JavaScript programs, and my browser is set to refuse to run such programs, so if a link ever takes me to Google search, it has no chance to mislead me.",
  "title": "Google AI Overviews"
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