Ask HN: Are Google Search AI hallucinations common?

1 pointsblutoot2mo ago0 comments

Are "hallucination" from Google's "AI Summary" in Search Results very common?

Go to google.com and type in"how do I ignore AGENTS.md in codex?" --> the "AI Overview" section on the top of the search results page confidently says "To ignore AGENTS.md in Codex, you can use the codex --bypass-agents command-line flag to disable its loading, pass alternative instructions via flags, or leverage the optional AGENTS.override.md file for temporary control, but directly "ignoring" it often involves command-line overrides or creating higher-priority files rather than simple exclusion, as Codex is designed to find these instruction files by default." Then it goes on to give two examples:

In reality, it seems like Google's search AI (Gemini I suppose?) picked up the third search result on the front page which happens to be an open GitHub PR - https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/5983 - "Ability to bypass/disable AGENTS.md pipeline (CLI) #5983"

So, is the problem here that whatever is prompting Gemini is not sending the full context of the search results? (like in this case, the PR is actually open)

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Ask HN: Are Google Search AI hallucinations common?

1 pointsblutoot2mo ago0 comments

Are "hallucination" from Google's "AI Summary" in Search Results very common?

So, is the problem here that whatever is prompting Gemini is not sending the full context of the search results? (like in this case, the PR is actually open)