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Google’s AI overviews reinforce some conspiracy theories – new research

A new study shows stronger guardrails on search engines are needed to prevent the spread and legitimisation of conspiratorial beliefs.

  • Google's AI overviews can reinforce conspiracy theories like chemtrails and 15-minute cities.
  • AI overviews often label conspiracy claims as misinformation but lack substantive rebuttals.
  • 12.5% of AI overviews for 15-minute cities presented false claims as legitimate debate.

Why AI Models Sometimes Elongate Their Greetings Like 'Kon'nichiwa~'

📝 Originally published (in Japanese) at forge.workstyle.tech . When I had the trained voice model read "こんにちは" (Hello), it stretched the phrase to "こんにちわぁ." There was no instruction to stretch it in…

  • Whisper transcription elongated こんにちは to こんにちわー
  • No instruction in script to stretch greeting
  • Stretched endings undetectable due to normalization process

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