What’s happened? Google has started experimenting with automatically rewritten, AI-generated headlines inside its Discover feed instead of showing the original headlines written by publishers. According to The Verge , these AI headlines often oversimplify, exaggerate, or completely alter the tone of the original reporting. Google says the feature is only being tested with a small group of users, but for those seeing it live, the experience is already unsettling.

Google replaces the original headline with a short, AI-generated summary in Discover.

The AI versions often turn nuanced reporting into vague, clickbait-style phrases.

Users only see the original publisher headline after tapping “See more.”

Google says it is a “small experiment” designed to help users decide what to read

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