Google deflects responsibility for race-based AI Overview responses, blaming source websites instead
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Google responded to criticism of inconsistent AI Overview responses on race-related queries by deflecting blame to source websites rather than acknowledging responsibility for the AI-generated answers.
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SERoundtable reports that Google faced complaints about disparate AI Overview responses to queries about preferring doctors of specific races. Rather than own the AI-generated answer, Google responded on X by pointing to "particular web pages" as the source of the responses and noting the issue doesn't affect all queries or appear in the Gemini app. The timing is noteworthy given Google's simultaneous efforts to copyright its search results—a legal contradiction that Barry Schwartz finds ironic in context.