CALIFORNIA: To ensure users get the best results when using the search engine, tech giant Google has trained its artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to detect when a topic is ‘rapidly evolving’ and will include a warning on the Search page about the same.
In a blog post, the tech giant informed that this might happen when there is not enough information about the topic you are searching for from reliable sources.
“While Google Search will always be there with the most useful results we can provide, sometimes the reliable information you’re searching for just isn’t online yet. This can be particularly true for breaking news or emerging topics, when the information that’s published first may not be the most reliable,” it added.
The statement further said, “To help with this, we’ve trained our systems to detect when a topic is rapidly evolving and a range of sources hasn’t yet weighed in. We’ll now show a notice indicating that it may be best to check back later when more information from a wider range of sources might be available.”
In some of the search results, you might now notice a warning that “it looks like these results are changing quickly,” and below this, Google will display a message saying “if this topic is new, it can sometimes take time for results to be added by reliable sources.”
Google also revealed that the number of irrelevant results appearing on a search results page has decreased by over 40 percent over the past five years, as per its evaluation processes. “Google sends billions of visits to websites each day, and by providing highly relevant results, we’ve been able to continue growing the traffic we send to sites every year since our founding,” the company said.
Moreover, with Google’s recently-launched About This Result panel, you can also quickly find information about sources you find on Google Search and better determine if they’re likely to provide helpful or trustworthy information. With this additional context, you can make a more informed decision about the sites you may want to visit and what results will be most useful for you.
