

This will also warn users when information is available but may be unreliable, based on Google’s ranking system for search results. Google is also launching “About this result” in more languages, including Spanish, German and Indonesian.Īnother feature Google is updating is its “content advisories,” to tell users when not much information is available during breaking news and developing situations. The feature will allow people to see more information about a search result. It said it would use its machine learning software, MUM, to check information across multiple reliable sources that agree on the same facts.Īccording to Google, the process will allow the system to come to a consensus even if the sources don’t phrase the information similarly.Īlso, the company is expanding its “About this result” feature to include more context about search results. The company said it would use its artificial intelligence systems to improve search snippets. “We can only deliver on our mission if we can deliver high-quality results,” Nayak noted. Pandu Nayak, the Vice President of Search at Google, told journalists last Wednesday that the growth of misinformation over the years has become a pressing challenge for them. Google search engine is said to have become more vulnerable to spreading false information online. This is coming in response to the trend of misinformation featured on its widely used platform.
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Google has disclosed ongoing efforts to improve its search engine using its machine learning software called Multitask Unified Model (MUM).
