{"id":51005,"date":"2026-05-23T01:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/google-disregard-right-now-if-you-want-to-see-where-ai-overviews-fall-short\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:41:51","slug":"google-disregard-right-now-if-you-want-to-see-where-ai-overviews-fall-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/google-disregard-right-now-if-you-want-to-see-where-ai-overviews-fall-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Google &#8216;disregard&#8217; right now if you want to see where AI overviews fall short"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6a10c59d51ede568c7e17d53?format=jpeg\" alt=\"An aerial view shows Google&#039;s &quot;Googleplex&quot; corporate office in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2026. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON \/ AFP via Getty Images)\"\/><figcaption>Google Overview is responding to single-word searches containing verbs like a chatbot.<\/p>\n<p>JOSH EDELSON \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Overview is responding to single-word searches like a chatbot.<\/li>\n<li>Instead of providing definitions for words, AI Overview is treating search terms as commands.<\/li>\n<li>Google said that AI Overview is &quot;misinterpreting some action-related queries.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google&#039;s AI Overview will &quot;disregard&quot; your request to define verbs.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of surfacing dictionary definitions or useful links upfront, many users on Friday encountered a sparse, strange response and a blank space when searching for single verbs such as &quot;disregard&quot; in the search bar.<\/p>\n<p>The usual links, including the one to Merriam-Webster&#039;s definition, are still there, but they&#039;re buried below the fold.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6a10a669b1025a62a5c864b5?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot of disregard\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similar command phrases, including &quot;ignore,&quot; &quot;quit,&quot; and &quot;stop,&quot; are running into the same problem.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6a10a83651ede568c7e17b48?format=jpeg\" alt=\"screenshot\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6a10a867b1025a62a5c86506?format=jpeg\" alt=\"screenshot\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6a10a89f51ede568c7e17b66?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot of ignore\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Phrases like &quot;look&quot; and &quot;forget are also prompting chatbot-like responses.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6a10c18bb1025a62a5c866c5?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6a10c69f7ff506e273e66f89?format=jpeg\" alt=\"screenshot\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this week, Google began rolling out a redesigned Search page that displays AI-generated summaries at the top, pushing the traditional &quot;10 blue links&quot; farther down. Compared to when the links appear more immediately, the company has pitched the new design as a faster, more conversational way to search the web.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We believe the best version of search is one created just for you,&quot; said Robby Stein, vice president of product for Google Search, during the I\/O presentation this week.<\/p>\n<p>A Google spokesperson told Business Insider that the responses don&#039;t relate to the new updates.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#039;re aware that AI Overviews are misinterpreting some action-related queries, and we&#039;re working on a fix, which will roll out soon,&quot; the Google spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, Microsoft Bing, which also offers AI-generated summaries through Copilot, still surfaces more immediately useful information for the same search.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6a10abd07ff506e273e66de3?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Bing\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Merriam-Webster, the American dictionary, also weighed in on the AI Overview mishap.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>disregard | verb | to pay no attention to : treat as unworthy of regard or notice pic.twitter.com\/vvR1UfsC4R<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 22, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Google&#039;s AI Overview and the new update have raised concerns about what they mean for the search experience. Earlier this week, Business Insider&#039;s Katie Notopoulos wrote that Overviews could become &quot;potentially very bad news for websites,&quot; and that the search bar would become &quot;just an AI chatbot that answers highly specific questions.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Overview is responding to single-word searches containing verbs like a chatbot. JOSH EDELSON \/ AFP via Getty Images Google Overview is responding to single-word searches like a chatbot. Instead of providing definitions for words, AI Overview is treating search terms as commands. 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