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Last week, Google rolled out its AI search results for millions of users to tinker with. The goal was to deliver a better search experience. Instead, AI delivered all sorts of weird results<\/a>, like saying people should put glue on their pizza to help the cheese stick and eat rocks<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Now, in a company blog post<\/a> published Thursday by Google\u2019s head of search, Liz Reid, the tech giant blames \u201cdata voids\u201d for the inaccurate results, along with people making up odd questions, and doubled down by claiming that AI results are leading to \u201chigher satisfaction\u201d with Search. Reid argues that AI Overviews generally don\u2019t \u201challucinate;\u201d they just sometimes misinterpret what\u2019s already on the web.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThere\u2019s nothing quite like having millions of people using the feature with many novel searches,\u201d she writes. \u201cWe\u2019ve also seen nonsensical new searches, seemingly aimed at producing erroneous results.\u201d She also correctly notes that a \u201cvery large number of faked screenshots\u201d of AI Overviews have been spreading online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n First, I\u2019d like to point out that \u201cwhat mammal has the most bones?\u201d is a fair query if you spend any amount of time with an inquisitive toddler. Second, Google opted millions of people into this feature, which resulted in a lot of backlash and even spurred articles explaining how to improvise a way to disable it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Reid\u2019s blog also explains how Google is fixing AI Overviews by limiting when they appear for \u201cnonsensical\u201d queries and satire. This is good to address because a lot of people were surprised that the well-known satirical website The Onion<\/em><\/a> and a Reddit user named \u201cfucksmith\u201d were not filtered out of AI results in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Part of Reid\u2019s blog also compares\u00a0AI Overviews to another longstanding Search feature called featured snippets, which highlight information from a relevant webpage without using generative AI. According to Reid, the \u201caccuracy rate\u201d for featured snippets is \u201con par\u201d with AI Overviews.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n