Day: January 11, 2026
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Google Halts AI Summaries Amid Health Risk Concerns
Google’s recent decision to pause the rollout of its AI-powered search summaries—known as “AI Overviews”—comes amid rising scrutiny about the system’s reliability, particularly in domains where misinformation could carry real-world risks. Health-related queries, long among the most sensitive categories in search behavior, are at the heart of this temporary halt. Following a Guardian investigation published…