Subj : Google Chromes latest AI feature could be bad news for bloggers
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Aug 16 2023 15:00:04

Google Chromes latest AI feature could be bad news for bloggers

Date:
Wed, 16 Aug 2023 13:53:44 +0000

Description:
Google Chrome will summarize entire articles for you with AI, but how would 
that affect bloggers and writers?

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Google continues to sprinkle AI into its product line with a new feature 
coming to its Search Generative Experience (SGE), where Googles Chrome web 
browser will summarize the articles youre reading. Currently, SGE already 
summarizes your search results so you dont have to scroll forever, but with 
this new feature, youll get a little more help after youve clicked the link. 



According to a Google blog post announcing the new feature, we wont see the 
new feature right away, which Google has named SGE while browsing. The 
generated summary will begin rolling out next week Tuesday as an early 
experiment within the opt-in Search Labs , a program for people to experiment 
with early Google Search experiences and share feedback. Interestingly, it 
will be available on mobile before the Chrome browser on desktop, so keep 
your eyes peeled while youre Googling on Android or iOS. (Image credit: 
Google) 

As you can see, the little pop-up appears as youre scrolling through a blog 
page or article, and youll be able to see what Googles tool thinks are the 
key points of the page. If you click a highlighted point, youll be taken down 
to that paragraph in the article. 

 The Verge notes that the feature will only work on articles that are freely 
available to the public on the web, so you wont see it on websites or 
articles that are behind a paywall. 

There are a few other smaller features that will be introduced as well via 
the SGE, like being able to hover over certain words and see definitions or 
diagrams (mostly for scientific, economic or historical topics). Should 
Bloggers be worried? 

This feature could certainly be super helpful, especially if youre looking 
for concise information very quickly. However, it may be bad news for the 
people writing the content and I dont think Google has considered that. 

If youve spent time and energy to really flesh out your article, give your 
topic context and personality and people are just given summaries and skip 
over that, it may be discouraging. Especially if youre writing about 
sensitive or serious topics, if the generated summaries are leaving out 
crucial information people may only go with the presented points and leave 
behind something important or useful (like mixing cleaning products or 
medication information). 

Content creators may not be happy about the new change and the way it might 
CEO Sundar Pichai said that over time this will just be how Search works so, 
I guess well have to get used to it.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/google-chromes-lat
est-ai-feature-could-be-bad-news-for-bloggers


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