Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for
Google's AI search feature is currently experiencing issues with certain terms. When users search for words like 'disregard' or 'ignore', the AI Overview section fails to provide the expected summaries and instead responds like a traditional chatbot. This appears to be a bug rather than a deliberate change in functionality.
- ▪Google's AI Overviews are not functioning properly with specific search terms.
- ▪Searching for 'disregard' results in a chatbot-like response instead of a summary.
- ▪The issue also occurs with terms like 'ignore' and 'skip', leading to similar non-informative replies.
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