ND Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines (www.theverge.com)
78 points by imartin2k 10 days ago | 15 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Google's AI-generated headlines in search results raise concerns about trust and credibility.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal 141 HN snapshots · 54 evals
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Audit Trail 74 entries
2026-03-22 02:31 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.166 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-22 02:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-22 02:15 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.31) - -
2026-03-22 02:15 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-22 00:56 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.166 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-22 00:56 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-22 00:53 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.31) - -
2026-03-22 00:53 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 23:45 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.166 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-21 23:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 23:31 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.31) - -
2026-03-21 23:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 22:31 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.166 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-21 22:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 22:11 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.31) - -
2026-03-21 22:11 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 20:45 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.166 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-21 20:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 20:28 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.31) - -
2026-03-21 20:28 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 09:23 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, pausing provider for 30 min - -
2026-03-21 07:57 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.166 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-21 07:57 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 07:47 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.31) - -
2026-03-21 07:47 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 07:15 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.166 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-21 07:15 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 07:09 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.31) - -
2026-03-21 07:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 06:35 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.166 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-21 06:35 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 06:33 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.31) - -
2026-03-21 06:33 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 05:56 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.166 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-21 05:56 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 05:54 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.31) - -
2026-03-21 05:54 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 05:09 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.166 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-21 05:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) -0.16
2026-03-21 04:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 04:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.33 (Moderate positive) +0.16
2026-03-21 04:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 03:50 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 03:30 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 03:12 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 02:53 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 02:34 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) -0.16
2026-03-21 02:16 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 01:55 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.33 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 01:36 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 00:51 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.33 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-21 00:44 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-21 00:23 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.19 (Mild negative)
2026-03-21 00:20 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.35 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Tech news with implicit rights concern
2026-03-20 23:55 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.33 (Moderate positive) +0.16
2026-03-20 23:41 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-20 23:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-20 23:01 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-20 21:57 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-20 21:46 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-20 21:20 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-20 21:08 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-20 20:43 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-20 20:33 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-20 20:05 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-20 19:58 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-20 19:28 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) -0.16
2026-03-20 19:23 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-20 18:18 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.33 (Moderate positive) +0.16
2026-03-20 18:12 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-20 17:27 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-20 17:21 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators
2026-03-20 16:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.17 (Mild positive)
2026-03-20 16:08 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.31 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Editorial stance on Google's AI-generated headlines, transparency indicators