Google’s AI can’t spell its own name — and that’s a terrifying sign for the future of search

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Google’s AI Overviews are facing fresh criticism after some users discovered the feature struggling to spell basic words correctly — including the word “Google” itself.

At first glance, the issue almost feels funny. According to Tech Crunch and other reports, AI Overviews returned incorrect letter counts for simple words and generated bizarre responses for searches involving words like “disregard,” “ignore,” and “stop.”