If you want real-time updates on a crisis, don't trust AI.
. The air quality index has soared, rising in parts of New York City to dangerous levels.
We have access, though. And when we asked SGE about the AQI, we received misleading and entirely incorrect answers, highlighting grave flaws in the AI-infused search feature that could easily lead to confusion during times of public health crisis. Even a search for "current Brooklyn AQI" didn't get us any closer to the truth. With that query, we got an even lower figure: a healthy 23. Similar queries for Philadelphia and Charlotte's indexes provided similarly low and false figures.
To be fair, SGE is still experimental, and Google has plastered it with a fair share of now-standard AI disclaimers. "While SGE is rooted in our core Search ranking systems, it is an experimental feature and may showcase information that is not as relevant or fresh as other results on the search results page, or appear on a query where a generative response isn't the most helpful," the spokesperson said in a statement.
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