Google rolled out AI overviews across the United States this month, exposing its flagship product to the hallucinations of large language models.

Google rolled out AI overviews across the United States this month, exposing its flagship product to the hallucinations of large language models.

  • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
    2683·
    6 months ago

    The head of Google *Search right now is the same guy that was head of yahoo search when it was dying. To put all of this in perspective.

      • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
        1041·
        6 months ago

        Thanks.
        Being a CEO must be amazing. You can fail and even bring an entire company down, and keep on getting the same job somewhere else.

        • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
          291·
          6 months ago

          He has experience and obviously that means he learned a lesson after failing at a job that requires being a belligerent asshole to get.

        • habanhero@lemmy.caEnglish
          1215·
          6 months ago

          I get your point but from a business perspective Google is doing pretty well (see last quarterly earning and they announced dividends for the first time). It’s good to be a shareholder and from that perspective the CEO is doing a good job.

          Time and time again markets have shown, within reason, poor user experience and anti-consumer policies do not negatively impact stock price.

          • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
            251·
            6 months ago

            Well not when it’s a company that people can’t get away from. Big tech is so big and there are so few alternatives that they can treat people how they like.

            We are living in the mega corp world now where they have more money than countries.

            Money is power to make the rules what you want.

            • habanhero@lemmy.caEnglish
              9·
              6 months ago

              Yes, again I’m not saying that’s how it should be, I’m saying what is.

              Enshittification won’t be a thing if actual user experience matters as much as we like it to in business.

          • exanime@lemmy.todayEnglish
            22·
            6 months ago

            It’s relatively easy to squeeze a profit boost by sacrificing long term vision… Last quarter will mean nothing if Google is knocked from its pedestal in a year or two (which is what the current trend looks to be pointing to)

            • habanhero@lemmy.caEnglish
              7·
              6 months ago

              Sure but Google Search has been crappy for many quarters.

              I’m not saying thats how it should be, I’m just pointing out what is.

    • egeres@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      6 months ago

      That argument it’s fallacious and reductionist, I’m not denying the situation it’s messed up, but objectively speaking we all have 0 idea about who’s making what decisions and how this google search shitstorm was caused

      • Dayroom7485@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        I dislike the entire article. Of course google search still works just fine. Claiming otherwise is only possible by magnifying a small, admittedly disfunctioning part of google search.