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Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers | Ars Technica

2024-10-30 09:29:45+00:00

As ever we observe people putting technology to novel use by leveraging aspects of its implementation (not design, merely implementation) in ways that other parts of civil society — not to mention the journalistic fourth estate — otherwise describe as challenging or problematic:

A trend on Reddit that sees Londoners giving false restaurant recommendations in order to keep their favorites clear of tourists and social media influencers highlights the inherent flaws of Google Search’s reliance on Reddit and Google’s AI Overview.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/fake-restaurant-tips-on-reddit-a-reminder-of-google-ai-overviews-inherent-flaws/

…and yet elsewhere we read stuff like this:

A little consistency would be nice. Ha.
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