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Times of India | Google users were left stunned after searching this one word on May 22
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People searching the word “disregard” on Google on May 22 were surprised to receive a chatbot‑style reply—“Understood. Let me know whenever you have a new prompt or question”—instead of the usual dictionary definition. The odd AI response, which treated the query as a conversational prompt, quickly went viral, sparking memes and criticism of Google’s growing reliance on AI in Search. Merriam‑Webster joked by posting the word’s real meaning alongside the glitch, while users reported similar uncanny replies for words like “forget” and “disappointed.” The anomaly was later fixed, with the AI Overview feature temporarily disabled for those searches, highlighting the challenges of integrating AI‑generated answers into everyday search tasks.
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