There’s finally an AI search engine that doesn’t suck, but most people will never use it

When ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, we soon wondered whether the AI chatbot could ultimately replace Google. Google certainly got scared about all the attention AI was getting at the time. Every Google announcement since then has been full of AI. That's what Google's products are all about, and it's all for the sake of its search engine.

One problem with ChatGPT and its rivals was that they confidently offer fact-based info that is completely wrong. Nearly two years later, generative AI chatbots can still hallucinate false information.

Google introduced AI to Google Search last year in a beta trial. This year, it launched AI Overviews, making them available across Google Search results in the US. However, the AI Overviews have been a huge failure for the company, as they continue to spew factually incorrect information.

This brings us to a brand new type of AI search engine, one that aims to provide only accurate information all the time. The only problem is that Consensus is a service that most people haven't heard about. And even once you hear about it, you might not find a good use for it, no matter how reliable it is.

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