mercredi 17 août 2022

‘Data void’: Google to stop giving answers to silly questions

‘Data void’: Google to stop giving answers to silly questions

Search engine updates ‘featured snippets’ to reduce the number of often comical errors it makes

Google will stop giving snappy answers to stupid questions, the company has announced, as it seeks to improve its search engine’s “featured snippets” service.

That means users should see fewer answers to questions such as “When did Snoopy assassinate Abraham Lincoln?”, to which the service would once merrily respond with “1865” – the right date, but very much the wrong assassin.

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