Google has discontinued an AI search feature that crowdsourced medical advice, The Guardian reported March 16.
The tech giant launched “What People Suggest” in March 2025 to “organize different perspectives from online discussions into easy-to-understand themes, helping you quickly grasp what people are saying,” according to a blog post at the time.
Google recently quietly scrapped the feature, three people familiar with the decision told The Guardian.
“This feature was turned down months ago as part of a broader simplification of the search results page,” a Google spokesperson told the news outlet. “It had nothing to do with the quality or safety of the feature, and we continue to help people find reliable health information from a range of sources, including forums with first-person perspectives that people find incredibly useful.”
The Big Tech company also recently removed AI-generated summaries for certain liver-related health searches after accuracy concerns were raised, TechCrunch reported in January.
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