Google App for iOS Can Now Use AI to Summarize Articles

[fatTribble]

Yes to AI.
No to Chrome.
No to Google.

 

[zach-coleman]

Eventually the entire internet is going to be a chain of AI paraphrasing AI… not looking good.

 

[BanjoDudeAhoy]

Can anyone else see (what is left of) people’s reading comprehension skill completely going down the drain?

This “AI” stuff could be used for useful things but I’m worried that all it will accomplish is making people dumber and lazier.

 

[B4U]

Just in case Google is not creepy enough, they just upped the ante with this.

 

[svish]

Good to have this feature. But prefer to use Safari.

 

[StupidOpinion]

Those of us who have already been using the "AI" enhanced Google search via Chrome on a desktop will already know what the result will be: yes, an easy to read summary but one that can be easily misled by whatever the "AI" finds on some website.

AI isn't perfect but neither are humans. most people these days just read the title of the article and take it as fact without any context or evidence to support that title

 

[Realityck]

Google says that the new "SGE while browsing" feature is meant to help people "more deeply engage" with long-form content from creators. It shows key points on articles freely available on the web, and will not summarize articles that are paywalled.

IS AI being used to a end run around browser tracking cache privacy algorithms?

 

[East India Company]

Same, but I don't know how ChatGPT can summarize websites if it doesn't have access to the internet. Is this possible from the iOS app?

In this case I would copy paste the text in chatgpt and ask for a summary but maybe the prompt has a length limit?

 

[kkee]

No thanks.

 

[NewOldStock]

Now we need Ai to work for us and go around ad-sense web block sites.
Maybe there is a command line for that. Ai fake out website not blocked with ad blockers.
I mean this is just AI internet Scraping right?
How to train the Ai Dragon (Next-Movie) Please.

 

[Will Co]

No thanks! I have trust issues with Google.

Me too. Also trust issues with AI “summarising” the information I consume. I can scan-read and I have a functioning brain. I’ll do the summarising, thanks.

 

[mxrider88]

Haven't used chrome in 10 years, not starting now.
I'll still stick with my Safari-Firefox combo.

...THAT SAID, I installed Edge on the mac as a side browser to use BingGPT occasionally, and it evolved to a decent browser...still, I wouldn't trust microsoft with my info

And you trust Apple? Just a question, not an attack

 

[Piggie]

Google? Never - period.

It seem strange that you are implying that you would never use/trust Google.
And yet Apple chooses to make Google's search engine the default on iPhones and other Apple devices.

 

[haemolysis]

I find these features are often kind of like speaking to a sales employee, an FAQ chatbot, or a tech support person…

That is: they know what answer they’re trained to give you. And they’ll confidently respond as such.

But they don’t understand any nuance. Your situation is somehow different to the default? Your question involves an error, an exception to the rule, something uncommon? Let me continue to read the default response without any consideration!

I can only hope the AI is trained over time to properly interpret the entire search term in its deeper context.

 

[contacos]

I am already one step ahead and turned into a headline reader only. I blame Twitter or „X“ back when I was still using it

 

[Skyscraperfan]

Privacy is the main reason why people choose on iPhone over an Android phone. If you use Chrome, you throw a lot of that privacy away. The same is true for Google Maps.

 

[ScottishDuck]

This doesn’t sound like it’s going to worsen misinformation at all

 

[Victor Mortimer]

Counting down the days until dreadful WebKit requirement gets axed

That will be AMAZING! I want proper Firefox with uBlock Origin on my phone!

 

[wanha]

if I speak slowly and clearly, sometimes Siri can tell me the time

What does Siri have to do with an article about AI? (Siri is 100% human-curated and not AI)

 

[ducknalddon]

macOS has had this for years:

How to use Summarize in macOS to shorten documents | AppleInsider

The Mac has a built-in tool to summarize long documents and generate a shorter, more concise version. Here's how to use it.

appleinsider.com

 

[Schizoid]

In summary:
Analyst says iPhone 15 better than iPhone 14

 

[arkitect]

First off, I am a (cautiously optimistic) proponent of AI.

However, what is the point of this? AI Precis.

Surely reading and comprehending something is a pleasure?

Why would anyone bother writing — crafting — a piece if it is all just TL;DR that matters. Decent journalism and reporting is already rare. And as for research, well, I only get to grasp information after I have sifted through it with my own eyes and addled brain.

The reading rot set in with Twitter all those years ago.
Short attention spans shrinking by the day.

Same with films. Go back a decade or two… (never mind further back!) and be surprised.
Actual dialogue that lasted a decent length. Apparently people could actually follow along.

Nowadays?
Wham! Bam! Boom! Thank you Mam/Sir. Next!

Nuance has gone. Critical thinking — granted, never an easy thing for the average Joe — is no longer a requirement.

AI isn't perfect but neither are humans. most people these days just read the title of the article and take it as fact without any context or evidence to support that title

👍 Exactly.
As an example many posts on MacRumours where commenters only react to the title (and perhaps the first paragraph above the main image) without bother to read the actual article.

Anything below the page fold (in old newspaper parlance) gets barely a glance.


Edit:
And for everyone loudly and proudly proclaiming their Google free world, watch this space: Apple is sure to follow…

 

[villagehiker]

AI can worsen our cultural tendency to judge things based on what we think we know. AI is cool, but cannot be trusted to provide accurate info. Vet everything.

 

[BigPhil]

If Apple introduced this to Safari the Apple drones would be cheering this on 😂

 

[ricketysquire]

Due to budget cuts at Google the "AI" functionality is a warehouse full of underpaid Foxconn employees in China all summarizing articles as they receive them. 😂