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Don’t Blindly Trust What AI Tells You, Google Boss Tells BBC.
Even leaders building AI warn that today’s answers still come with hidden risks.
Glenda Carnate
December 03, 2025
Read time: 2.5 minutes
AI often feels fast, polished, and reliable. But sometimes, a confident answer can quietly lead you into a mistake.
At a recent strategy meeting, a colleague shared a well-written summary made by AI. It sounded convincing, so everyone thought it was accurate. But someone noticed one of the “facts” didn’t seem right. A quick search showed it was not just wrong, but completely made up. The mood in the room quickly changed from impressed to uneasy.
She wasn’t careless or uninformed. She blindly trusted the answer because it sounded smooth and confident, like most of us do when we’re in a hurry and let AI handle the details. The real fault wasn’t using AI; it was thinking a polished answer must be correct.
Even Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, told the BBC: “We take pride in the amount of work we put in to give us as accurate information as possible, but the current state-of-the-art AI technology is prone to some errors.”
So, even the people creating the most advanced AI admit it can still give wrong answers that sound convincing.
How to Outsmart AI’s “Confident Mistakes”?
1. Treat confidence as polish, not proof.
AI is designed to sound smooth, but that doesn’t mean its answers are always accurate.
2. Add a 10-second verification habit.
A quick search can prevent long-term damage.
3. Ask “Show the sources.”
This helps make things more transparent and quickly shows where information is missing.
4. Add precision words in prompts.
Use these in your prompts: “evidence-based,” “source-backed,” “latest verified data,” “contradicting viewpoints.”
5. Re-read anything you plan to share publicly.
Always remember, the mistakes that sound the most believable are often the ones written really well.
6. Utilize AI for clarity, not certainty.
Think of AI as something that directs you in the right direction, not as something that makes the final decisions for you.
💡Key Takeaway:
The smartest people aren’t those who trust AI the most. They’re the ones who check the answers the fastest.
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