Google "upgraded" the Google Search experience at I/O 2024, bringing AI Overviews to the top of search results. This seemed like a good idea, at least from Google's perspective, since there's no hotter trend in tech right now than AI. Google wants users to let Google do the googling for them and speed up the Search experience, according to Sundar Pichai & Co. We've already explained why that was a bad idea from the start. Google's AI Overviews essentially steal content from websites and display it atop the results page. In the short run, websites that rely on that traffic could be hurt. Longer term, websites might go out of business, thus crippling the resources Google Gemini has at its disposal. But it turns out that AI Overviews are so much worse than we thought. The web is filled with examples of AI Overviews that spew out the wrong information, as AI is unable to discern between genuine content, jokes, and satire. Some of these AI Overviews have gone viral in the past few days, making Google Search and Gemini look like a sad joke. Google is still defining the work behind AI Overviews, but I think there's no way to fix this problem. The best thing Google could do is cancel AI Overviews indefinitely. Or hide it somewhere on the Google Search results pages where it can be accessed only be users who want AI to do the googling for them. Continue reading... The post Google should cancel AI Overviews in Search and end this nightmare appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: First-ever M4 iPad Pro discount, $100 off Pixel 8a, $75 TP-Link WiFi 6 router, more Best Ring Video Doorbell deals in May 2024 Best Apple deals for May 2024 Today’s deals: $20 Apple AirTags, $34 Roku Streaming Stick 4K, $130 Beats Solo 3, $47 Canon printer, more