SEARCH ENGINE RECOMMENDS GLUE ON PIZZA, ROCKS FOR BREAKFAST
What actually happened: Google restricts AI Overviews after it told users to put glue on pizza and eat rocks
IDIOCRACY LEVEL: 9/10
In May 2024 Google's AI Overviews went viral for answers such as adding glue to pizza so the cheese sticks and eating rocks for nutrients. Google said the answers came from a joke forum post and a satirical site, and limited forum sources and AI answers for some health queries.
Nutrition update: the world's most trusted answer machine advised citizens to glue their cheese to their pizza and eat rocks for their vitamins. The glue tip came from an old joke on an internet forum, and the rocks came from a satire website, which the machine read with total sincerity. Google's head of search acknowledged the problem and promised the system would get better at spotting jokes. Until then, doctors of 2505 recommend no more than one rock per day, with Brawndo.