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TheAI is hallucinatinganswers to several user queries, creating a less-than-trustworthy experience across Googles flagship product. In the last week, Gizmodo received AI overviews from Google that referenceglue-topped pizzaand suggest Barack Obama was Muslim. The hallucinations are concerning, but not entirely surprising. The stage during Google’s I/O conference.Photo: Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance (Getty Images) Now, at least some of these people will be presented with hallucinated answers. In my experience, AI overviews are more often right than wrong....

Google parent Alphabet isreportedly making headwayin its bid to acquire the $30 billion marketing software company HubSpot. Google is the third-largest cloud services provider but holds less than half of the market share of Microsoft. Meanwhile, Amazon controls a third of the market. Reports of Googles potential acquisition first surfaced in April,sending HubSpot shares up as much as 11%. HubSpots financials keep getting better, thoughanalysts are skepticalover weakened demand for its products....

What a lovely, lovely day! The showdown happens, Furiosa is victorious, but we then see multiple versions of the exact conclusion. Its Millers wink at legend and storytelling. Dementus and his minions in Furiosa.Image: Warner Bros. An acknowledgment that whats real and whats told are not always the same, especially in mythology. Whats fascinating here is that the legends of how Furiosa defeated Dementus are way less exciting than the truth....

Muttville has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to adopting new technology. What we have to offer are cute dogs. And video was like the perfect medium. Just a few of the senior dogs available for adoption at Muttville Senior Dog Rescue in the Bay Area, including Pyrex (left, #11860), Sundae (middle, #11732), and Kabob (right, #11852)Image: Muttville Just some amazingly precious#dogsthat Muttville has saved. Muttville also has a livestreamcalled the Wagcam, which anyone can watch from noon to 4 p....

House of the Dragons players are definitely not going to let that one go. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Image: Courtesy of HBO George R.R. House of the Dragons Showrunner Hopes He and George R.R. House of the DragonTeases Four Major Events to Come In Season 3 Plus, George R.R. Martin looks ahead to a softer tone in the nextGame of Thronesspinoff,A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms....

Just five months later, in July 2022, Spotifyannouncedin itssecond quarterly earnings reportthat it was halting its production. Some consumers areengaged in back-and-forthswith Spotify and are demanding a refund. Others have announced theyre permanently switching tomusic streaming alternatives. Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo News from the future, delivered to your present. You’ve come to the right place.

Live-action Star Wars is back in a big, big way. And, well, we loved it. Great, youre ready to rock. The cast and crew of The Acolyte.Image: Lucasfilm Theres obviously much, much more than that but thats the basic episode one set up. Beholden to nothing except being Star Wars,#TheAcolytesoars. Ive seen 4 eps and dig the sinister story its steadily setting up. BIG potential in this era. The action felt movie-level....

He met and spoke to anyone he could, and began to record its history. To ensure that the stories would endure, Tohan found an old astromech droid left behind at the Depot. The mechanics helped him get it working with scrap parts and luck. Image: Disney Experiences Accompanying Bard and Tohans stories will be selections from John Williams Star Wars film scores during the 13-minute show. Want more io9 news?...

It turns out that Samsungs repair programisnt as breezyas we initially thought. In the past few days, weve discovered some harsh truths about Androids best-selling smartphone maker. The company has quietly parted ways with iFixit on phone repair kits. The Samsung Galaxy S24+.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo It has also required independent repair shops to disclose identifying information about the customers coming in for gadget fixes. It started this week whenThe Vergereported that iFixit and Samsung had split....

Wrights previous genre credits includeanother big HBO series in Westworld, as well asMarvels animated What If… ? seriesand asJim Gordon in The Batman. Want more io9 news? Jeffrey Wright attends the 55th Annual NAACP Awards on March 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer (Getty Images) News from the future, delivered to your present. Pacific Rims TV Show Drifts to Prime Video Good news for giant robot fans.

Games are expensive, and for some, its far too expensive to be a regular hobby. That makes shopping for deals that much more of a necessity. And no, sorry, Im not talking about pirating. There’s a few ways to save big on good games, so long as you know where to look.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo Were truly inan age of media non-ownership. Is it worth having two launchers on your desktop?...

A seemingly routine renovation in Gobelsburg, Austria, has led to a remarkable paleontological and anthropological find. Winemaker Andreas Pernerstorfer stumbled upon huge bones in March while upgrading his wine cellar. The researchers are now documenting the site with 3D mapping technology,accordingto the History Blog. An ÖAI archaeologist at work in the wine cellar.Photo: ÖAW-ÖAI/H. Parow-Souchon The discovery raises many questions about Upper Paleolithic hunting practices. Remarkably, bones from at least three different mammoths have been found at the site....

James Gunns Superman gets an update. King Kong joins Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Plus, the Dexter prequel series casts its leads. Image: New Line To the victor go the spoilers! Terrifier 3 Bloody-Disgustingreports Tom Savini has joined the cast of Terrifier 3 in an undisclosed role. We put it on paper and then we criticize ourselves. Photo: AMC So theyre going through sort of an extensive sort of rework and rewrite of it....