Futurism says Google Search’s AI summaries recently treated SCP Foundation fiction as if it were factual. That’s a problem, because the SCP Foundation is a collaborative creative-writing project built around fake classified files on paranormal objects, creatures, and events.
In Futurism’s reporting, there were at least 20 cases where Google’s generated answers summed up SCP entries in a confident, authoritative voice without clearly telling readers the material was fictional. The examples included SCP-565, described as an anomalous human head tied to forensic records. SCP-426 showed up in the first person, as though the fictional toaster were talking about itself. Futurism also pointed to entries like SCP-922 and SCP-779. The larger issue wasn’t just that these pages appeared in summaries. Google seemed to strip away any clear fiction label and fall back on a vague reference to “lore.”
If you’re used to trusting those polished answers at the top of the page, keep that in the back of your mind. I haven’t run every search myself, and Futurism noted that later searches didn’t always produce the same result. SCP-565, for instance, no longer reliably triggered a summary, and Google’s chat-style search reportedly identified it as a “fictional anomaly.”
Still, it gets at the bigger accuracy and accountability problem. Earlier AI summary mistakes have included made-up historical claims, wrong dates, shaky health advice, and the infamous glue-on-pizza answer.
Oumi puts the accuracy rate at close to 90%. At Google’s scale, though, that can still mean millions of wrong answers every hour. And a court in Munich has already ruled that these summaries should be treated as Google’s own statements.
Author: Julianne Omamos
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