If you opened your Google Discover feed this week and thought, “That’s a strange headline,” you’re not just imagining it. Google is now testing a new feature that replaces publisher headlines with AI-generated ones, and the results are... not great.
While some of the new headlines feel off, some are misleading altogether. That's even on top of false AI-generated summaries, not to mention misguided AI Overviews. But in the case of the latest AI headlines, most are stripped of the tone, accuracy and context that real human editors like me spend time crafting.
Google calls it an experiment. But if you ask me, it’s a problem for those who rely on Discover for quick news hits. If the headlines are wrong or misleading, it could shape the way you consume information. You may recall, Apple Intelligence had to scrap its AI summaries because of false and misleading headlines.
