The Digital Press

Google’s AI Overviews (AIOs), which summarize search results, are increasingly citing content generated by other AI systems, raising concerns about information recycling and accuracy.

Why it matters: About 10% of sources cited by Google’s AIOs are AI-generated, risking echo chambers of recycled AI content.

The stakes: Over-reliance on AI-written content can degrade model quality over time, causing "model collapse" and misinformation.

The big picture: Google prioritizes content quality over human authorship but faces criticism as AI summaries reduce clicks to original web sources.

Commenters say: Readers worry about trustworthiness and originality, debating AI detection accuracy and the impact of AI on web content diversity.