‘Very dangerous’: a Mind mental health expert on Google’s AI Overviews

Information content manager Rosie Weatherley says harmful inaccuracies are presented as uncontroversial factsMind launches inquiry into AI and mental health after Guardian investigationA year-long commission has been launched by Mind to examine AI and mental health after a Guardian investigation exposed how Google’s AI Overviews, which are shown to 2 billion people each month, gave people “very dangerous” mental health advice.Here, Rosie Weatherley, information content manager at the largest mental health charity in England and Wales, describes the risks posed to people by the AI-generated summaries, which appear above search results on the world’s most visited website. Continue reading...


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