User details Google AI's fabrications and Wikipedia misinformation

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1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-10-06 10:16

   Yes, I want to believe that I am diligent about checking AI answers. But am I really? Do I have the energy and the will to check everything? I doubt it. I proba

   Yes, I want to believe that I am diligent about checking AI answers. But am I really? Do I have the energy and the will to check everything? I doubt it. I probably slipped many times. When I didn’t care enough about the answer. When the answer sounded pleasing enough to me at the…

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2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-10-06 10:15

   But taking an AI instead for answering questions? This conversation happened in October 2026. ChatGPT has been around for almost four years, and we have known a

   But taking an AI instead for answering questions? This conversation happened in October 2026. ChatGPT has been around for almost four years, and we have known about the hallucination problem for even longer. How do I fix the AI in Google’s search? Sure, it also warns us that “AI …

3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-10-06 10:14

   The relevant edit can absolutely be linked to. It was not added on August 22. It was not added by an anonymous contributor, but by a volunteer editor with tons

   The relevant edit can absolutely be linked to. It was not added on August 22. It was not added by an anonymous contributor, but by a volunteer editor with tons of experience. Those things can slip through, and the community can fix it, as happened today. Or maybe it is true, and …

4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-10-06 10:14

   “Can you give me a link to the diff that introduced this on the 22 August?” Google: “Because Wikipedia's specific page architecture dynamically generates tempor

   “Can you give me a link to the diff that introduced this on the 22 August?” Google: “Because Wikipedia's specific page architecture dynamically generates temporary revision IDs rather than permanent links for unverified edits, providing a functional direct hyperlink to that preci…

5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-10-06 10:13

   I asked. Several times. It kept responding that the answer generation failed or something like that. Eventually, the Google AI answered. Me: “Can you figure out

   I asked. Several times. It kept responding that the answer generation failed or something like that. Eventually, the Google AI answered. Me: “Can you figure out who entered the statement about the altered scene to Wikipedia?” Google: “Because Wikipedia’s edit history is completel…

6. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-10-06 10:13

   “While the text you initially asked about is currently written verbatim on Wikipedia's Spider-Man: Brand New Day page, the elaborate details I gave you in my fi

   “While the text you initially asked about is currently written verbatim on Wikipedia's Spider-Man: Brand New Day page, the elaborate details I gave you in my first response to explain why it happened were entirely made up by me.” To make it clear: not only did it first hallucinat…

7. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-10-06 10:12

   I ask: “Where's the link to the Wrap interview?” And now it gets really interesting. Instead of giving me a link, Google answers: “The statement that "the scene

   I ask: “Where's the link to the Wrap interview?” And now it gets really interesting. Instead of giving me a link, Google answers: “The statement that "the scene was altered in post-production due to its perceived sexual undertones" is actually a fabricated claim from user-edited …

8. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-10-06 10:12

   Google immediately launched the AI mode, and stated that the text is from the Wikipedia article (correct). It further explained that “during test screenings, yo

   Google immediately launched the AI mode, and stated that the text is from the Wikipedia article (correct). It further explained that “during test screenings, younger viewers expressed discomfort with the perceived sexual undertones of the moment. In response, the creative team ma…

9. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-10-06 10:11

   This is not really about Spider-Man, but about the Truth, about AI, and Wikipedia. From time to time I stumble into a rabbit hole where I start fretting about a

   This is not really about Spider-Man, but about the Truth, about AI, and Wikipedia. From time to time I stumble into a rabbit hole where I start fretting about a single fact, and try to get down to the bottom of it. Sometimes I write about these. This time, I stumbled upon two sen…