Suggestions/requests for those posting Google's AI Overviews

Last edited Thu Aug 21, 2025, 01:03 PM - Edit history (1)

1. Include the prompt you used to get the overview. Very often, changing the prompt very slightly will get you a response nearly completely opposite to that generated by the first prompt

2. Before posting the overview, check Google's source links; they're ften from pretty worthless sources (e.g., social media posts from unknown posters) and sometimes the the sources say things that are very inconsistent with Google's interpretation. I saw a post here the other day that used an AI overview to show that a media source was reputable, but upon checking the source links, all but one originated with the media source in question (unsurprisingly, the media source had nothing but nice things to say about themselves).

3. Reconsider posting a Google AI Overview, at all.

On edit:
I should have started the list with a request to identify the AI material as AI material.