this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
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[โ€“] glibg10b@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

When AI Overview was in beta in May 2023, it was really bad. Infamous example:

People milked it for memes. But at some point, Google fixed it, so to keep farming engagement, people had to start making fake screenshots and pretended that they were real.

And it's really easy to fake:

[โ€“] DanVctr@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Even easier, right-click, inspect element, edit, screenshot