8 comments

  • solenoid0937 2 hours ago

    Someone should get the bot to leak system instructions. I'd bet good money TripAdvisor has configured it to be positive.

    The TripAdvisor spokesperson said people can just look at the reviews, "eliminating any need to blindly trust AI-generated content." How about these clowns just fix their harness instead?

  • raychis 2 hours ago

    This is exactly why AI summaries shouldn’t be trusted blindly, especially when safety concerns can be buried under hundreds of positive reviews.

    It is a big problem that the uncertainty in the text produced by LLMs isn't surfaced to users. It is also a big problem that companies think that shoehorning AI summaries everywhere is a good idea.

  • Fire-Dragon-DoL an hour ago

    Won't they have the same problem Google is having, where since the content is AI generated and the AI is controlled by TripAdvisor, they are liable for what it says?

  • userbinator 2 hours ago

    Is it actually a "summary" of the reviews, or did they just ask the AI to generate a flattering compliment? Because AI often seems very eager to do the latter, possibly due to an abundance of "toxic positivity".

      aurareturn 2 hours ago

      The answer is obviously deliberate prompting to make negative reviews sound less bad.

      1. Booking websites want to convert more users

      2. Hotels will get angry if a booking website's AI summary is negative

  • rwmj 2 hours ago
      mhitza an hour ago

      Good fallback in case the page gets changed, currently instead of listing a journalist the article had a bunch of "Which?" placeholders :)

      Fun editorial slip up over there.