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
      1041·
      1 month 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·
        1 month 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·
        1 month 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·
          1 month 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·
            1 month 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·
          1 month 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·
            1 month 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.