Opinion: Big tech companies are burning through reservoirs of trust with AI

We live in an interesting time. We are watching some of the big tech companies — though not all — move fast and break their own things now.

Google has been burning through its remaining reservoir of trust in search via its new AI overviews, which have occasionally offered up misinformation in reply to searches — for example, that Barack Obama was the first Muslim president of the United States or that staring at the sun for five to 10 minutes per day is safe. (Following public outcry, the...