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Extensive audit reveals gaps between Google AI answers and cited sources
Since its launch in 1998, Google, the world's leading search engine, has transformed how people find information online.
Summary
Since its launch in 1998, Google, the world's leading search engine, has transformed how people find information online. For years, search results appeared as ranked lists of sources: Google decided what to show, but users decided what to read and whom to trust. However, the advent of Google AI Overviews has fundamentally changed that paradigm. Today, when a user searches for anything from "How long do I boil eggs?"
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