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Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries, study suggests

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Submitted ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org⁩ to ⁨technology@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/24/google-ai-overviews-youtube-medical-citations-study

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  • Luci@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Of course googles ai will prefer googles products for answers

    Of course Microsoft’s ai will tell you ms has the best products

    Of course groks gonna act like someone on Twitter

    This is one of the biggest issue with ai. It’s a tool for marketing. It’s a tool for manipulation. If you don’t have the code or the training data, you do not know why it’s telling you what it is telling you.

    Even the “FOSS” ones seem suspect to me

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  • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Who the fuck is still using google? (Except my wife, who is tech illiterate)

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    • rammer@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A lot of people are forced to use it. e.g. Android users.

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      • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Android users can use firefox with ecosia or something similarly suitable do they not?

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  • irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    When healthcare can ruin you financially for even small issues, of course you’re going to look for help from any free source you can.

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