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Google AI summary mistakenly surfaces year-old article

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A user on Mastodon discovered that a Google AI summary had mistakenly linked to an article from the previous year. This oversight occurred while the user was reviewing activities related to Mayday. AI

RANK_REASON The item describes a minor user error and does not contain significant news.

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Google AI summary mistakenly surfaces year-old article

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Was looking at the # mayday activities, and I luckily noticed, in time, that the # Google # AI summary had pointed me to an article from *last year* Whoops. Alm

    Was looking at the # mayday activities, and I luckily noticed, in time, that the # Google # AI summary had pointed me to an article from *last year* Whoops. Almost had a terrible oopsie there!

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