QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agoGoogle is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementiawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down18cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1680arrow-down1external-linkGoogle is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementiawww.theverge.comQuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareoppy1984@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·20 hours agoSurfacing the result of how they are censoring the results might be a canary in a coal mine, we can’t say we’re doing it but we can make the top result someone else saying we’re doing it.
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·38 minutes agoThe incentives don’t allow for this shit in an organization like Google. They can only respond to stock price and earnings. Very likely someone back channeled a demand and they folded like a deck of cards. So the team responsible for that AI box added Trump dementia to the list of things it won’t respond to. The team responsible for the news bits didn’t get the request so that just shows up in its place.
Surfacing the result of how they are censoring the results might be a canary in a coal mine, we can’t say we’re doing it but we can make the top result someone else saying we’re doing it.
The incentives don’t allow for this shit in an organization like Google. They can only respond to stock price and earnings.
Very likely someone back channeled a demand and they folded like a deck of cards.
So the team responsible for that AI box added Trump dementia to the list of things it won’t respond to.
The team responsible for the news bits didn’t get the request so that just shows up in its place.