After Google Search's AI update, the word "disregard" now effectively breaks the search interface.
In Brief
Posted:
9:16 AM PDT · May 22, 2026
Image Credits:Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the Google I/O 2024 event
Earlier this week, Google rolled out a completely new Search experience, foregrounding AI summaries and kicking the traditional “ten blue links” far down the page. But the sheer scale of Google Search means there are lots of edge cases that the company doesn’t seem to have considered.
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