How Google’s lack of human curation spreads and monetizes fake news

Google search is developing a credibility problem that could be blamed on artificial intelligence. In a statement, the company said its algorithms for generating “featured snippet” answers can cause “instances when we feature a site with inappropriate or misleading content,” resulting in false answers. However, Google is also the source–and funding–behind much of the fake news on the Internet, thanks to a similar lack of curation for YouTube.

Source:: Apple Insider