Google explains why AI Overviews immediately got weird

Earlier this month, Google unveiled generative AI search results, which were met by dozens of viral (and mocking) memes. That's because the results were often erroneous or just plain strange. The search results told users all sorts of things: according to Google's AI Overviews, a dog has played in the NBA, no country in Africa starts with the letter "K," and you can add glue to pizza sauce "to give it more tackiness." And that's just a handful of examples from the many that took over social medi