> I'd say this isn't just an AI overview thing. It's a Google thing. Google will sometimes show inaccurate information and there is usually no way to correct it.
Well, in this case the inaccurate information is shown because the AI overview is combining information about two different people, rather than the sources being wrong.
With traditional search, any webpages would be talking about one of the two people and contain only information about them.
Thus, I'd say that this problem is specific to the AI overview.
In my European country you have to pay a toll to use a highway. Most people opt to use them, instead of taking the old 2-lane road that existed before the highway and is still free.
Well, in this case the inaccurate information is shown because the AI overview is combining information about two different people, rather than the sources being wrong. With traditional search, any webpages would be talking about one of the two people and contain only information about them. Thus, I'd say that this problem is specific to the AI overview.