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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Google Home contributes to 'fake news,' reports say

Digital pioneering giant Google has an unlikely foe in its efforts to stem the tide of "fake news" flow: itself.
 
According to several recent articles, Google’s search engine and smart speaker, Google Home, are prone to perpetuate misinformation rather than stop it. This is due to its reliance on bot assistance and algorithms in Search that comprise its Featured Snippets results. 
On a web search, Featured Snippets appear in the box at the very top of the results. Google's algorithm gathers information from unvetted sources, according to reports. This can lead to Google Home reading “fake news” to the user. ............AND MORE

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