Bizarre Google Instant Answer Results Draw Scrutiny

Filipa Ioannou, San Francisco Chronicle: Business
Sat, 11/18/2017 - 5:03pm

You may have noticed that when you Google certain questions, a suggested answer is highlighted at the top of the page.The format, sometimes called an instant answer, is apparently popular — people like that they don't have to click through to another site for an — but it also pulls answers from some questionable sites, and Google is planning to scale back instant answers on fraught topics like religion and politics as a result, the company told the Wall Street Journal this week.

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