Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tells millions of lies per hour

Google's AI Overviews generate millions of falsehoods per hour, a damning indictment of AI search reliability. The data, based on systematic testing of 10,000 prompts, underscores a critical flaw: the system hallucinates at a 5% clip, compared to just 1.7% for leading alternatives. For users seeking accurate information, this margin of error is unacceptable.