{"id":622485,"date":"2024-05-31T03:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-explains-how-it-is-improving-its-ai-overviews\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T03:40:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:40:02","slug":"google-explains-how-it-is-improving-its-ai-overviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-explains-how-it-is-improving-its-ai-overviews\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google explains how it is improving its AI Overviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28ead1e97a4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28ead1e97a4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-explains-how-it-is-improving-its-ai-overviews\/#Google_said_only_one_in_every_7_million_unique_queries_resulted_in_a_Google_policy_violation\" >Google said only one in every 7 million unique queries resulted in a Google policy violation.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_said_only_one_in_every_7_million_unique_queries_resulted_in_a_Google_policy_violation\"><\/span>Google said only one in every 7 million unique queries resulted in a Google policy violation.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\nGoogle responded to the bad press surrounding its recently rolled out AI Overviews in a new <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/search\/ai-overviews-update-may-2024\/\">blog post<\/a> by its new head of Search, Liz Reid. Google explained how AI Overviews work, where the weird AI Overviews came from, the improvements Google made and will continue to make to its AI Overviews.  <\/p>\n<p>However, Google said searchers \u201chave higher satisfaction with their search results, and they\u2019re asking longer, more complex questions that they know Google can now help with,\u201d and basically, these AI Overviews are not going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As good as featured snippets. <\/strong>Google said the AI Overviews are \u201chighly effective\u201d and based on its internal testing, the AI Overviews \u201caccuracy rate for AI Overviews is on par with featured snippets.\u201d Featured snippets also use AI, Google said numerous times.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1038259\/SEL_Post-text --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1693000027709-0\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-break\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>No hallucinations. <\/strong>AI Overviews <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly don\u2019t hallucinate, Google\u2019s Liz Reid wrote. The AI Overviews don\u2019t \u201cmake things up in the ways that other LLM products might,\u201d she added.  AI Overviews typically only go wrong when Google \u201cmisinterpreting queries, misinterpreting a nuance of language on the web, or not having a lot of great information available,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why the \u201codd results.\u201d <\/strong>Google explained that it tested AI Overviews \u201cextensively\u201d before releasing it and was comfortable releasing it.  But Google said that people tried to get the AI Overviews to return odd results. \u201cWe\u2019ve also seen nonsensical new searches, seemingly aimed at producing erroneous results,\u201d Google wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Google wrote that people faked a lot of the examples, but manipulating screenshots showing fake AI responses. \u201cThose AI Overviews never <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared,\u201d Google said.  <\/p>\n<p>Some odd examples did come up, and Google will make improvements in those types of cases. Google will not manually adjust AI Overviews but rather improve the models so they work across many more queries. \u201cwe don\u2019t simply \u201cfix\u201d queries one by one, but we work on updates that can help broad sets of queries, including new ones that we haven\u2019t seen yet,\u201d Google wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Google spoke about the \u201cdata voids,\u201d which we covered numerous times here. The example, \u201cHow many rocks should I eat?\u201d was a query no one has searched for prior and had no real good content on.  Google explained, \u201cHowever, in this case, there is satirical content on this topic \u2026 that also happened to be\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resfrac.com\/blog\/geologists-recommend-eating-least-one-small-rock-day\">republished<\/a>\u00a0on a geological software provider\u2019s website. So when someone put that question into Search, an AI Overview appeared that faithfully linked to one of the only websites that tackled the question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Improvements to AI Overviews. <\/strong>Google shared some of the improvements it has made to AI Overviews, explaining it will continue to make improvements going forward. Here is what Google said it has done so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Built better detection mechanisms for nonsensical queries that shouldn\u2019t show an AI Overview, and limited the inclusion of satire and humor content.<\/li>\n<li>Updated its systems to limit the use of user-generated content in responses that could offer misleading advice.<\/li>\n<li>Added triggering restrictions for queries where AI Overviews were not proving to be as helpful.<\/li>\n<li>For topics like <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> and health, Google said it already have strong guardrails in place. For example, Google said it aims to not show AI Overviews for hard news topics, where freshness and factuality are important. In the case of health, Google said it launched additional triggering refinements to enhance our quality protections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, \u201cWe\u2019ll keep improving when and how we show AI Overviews and strengthening our protections, including for edge cases, and we\u2019re very grateful for the ongoing feedback,\u201d Liz Reid ended with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>It sounds like AI Overviews are not going anywhere and Google will continue to show them to searchers and roll them out to more countries and users in the future. You can expect them to get better over time, as Google continues to hear feedback and improve its systems.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, I am sure we will find more examples of inaccurate and sometimes humorous AI Overviews, similar to what we saw when featured snippets initially launched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n    About the author<\/p>\n<div class=\"information\">\n<div class=\"author-module\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3 text-center\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\">\n                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\n<div class=\"about\">\n<div class=\"name\">\n                            <strong>Barry Schwartz<\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-2 pt-2\">\n<div class=\"col-auto twitter\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearchengineland.com%2F&amp;region=follow_link&amp;screen_name=rustybrick&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-auto\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rustybrick\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. 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