Fact-checking Google's AI Overviews just got a little easier - here's how

Both AI Overviews and AI Mode now display handy pop-up links to the original sources, so you can easily check them out to verify the AI-based information.

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Google's AI now shows you the original sources via pop-up windows.
• The new option works in both AI Overviews and AI Mode.
• Just click the link in the pop-up to view the source's website.

I often turn to Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode when I run a search on a particular topic. The resulting Gemini-based summaries can cut to the chase by providing the gist of the information I seek. But there's one big downside. AI can be wrong. For that reason, I never rely solely on AI; I always double-check the original sources used to create the summary ...