Google’s AI summaries are causing sunset times to be invented, raising concerns about the reliability of online information.
The problem was highlighted when sunset chasers reported missing the event because Google’s new AI summaries began inventing times, with one Facebook user in Colorado Springs noting that the AI informed them a sunset had already occurred.
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