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You can no longer Google the word 'disregard' | TechCrunch

After Google Search's AI update, the word "disregard" now effectively breaks the search interface.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/063962ec-60e9-4591-b604-b66719e6fcd5/so-ai-is-going-greatRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 10:06:38 GMTFri, 22 May 2026 16:31:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 20:21:25 GMT]]>@jalefkowit
Ok, maybe not so easy a fix. But I like the self confidence shown by AI in asserting the primary meaning is the AI specific instruction.

Maybe I should ask what the Dunning-Kruger equivalent is for AI systems?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/PaulWermer/statuses/116620085558899853https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/PaulWermer/statuses/116620085558899853Fri, 22 May 2026 20:21:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 20:18:18 GMT]]>@jalefkowit
Ok, easy fix. I just type in "disregard definition" to clarify for AI what I want, and Google returns:

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Try googling "billionaire"...

... the results are interesting.

Celebrity worship. Stock Market hype. Copycat investment drivel.

Very little on criminal conduct, public corruption, bigotry, or historical context.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116620044575628691https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116620044575628691Fri, 22 May 2026 20:11:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 20:04:26 GMT]]>@jalefkowit Disregard is the sister tower to Isengard.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/SecondUniverse/statuses/116620018768236213https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/SecondUniverse/statuses/116620018768236213Fri, 22 May 2026 20:04:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 19:34:59 GMT]]>@jalefkowit The failed "AI overview" is funny, but the "you can no longer Google the word" claim is pure BS. Just scroll down a bit for the search results...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/rai42/statuses/116619902964366713https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/rai42/statuses/116619902964366713Fri, 22 May 2026 19:34:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 19:30:16 GMT]]>@jalefkowit

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milagemayvary (@milagemayvary@mstdn.social)

Attached: 1 image @mcc@mastodon.social Is it about or almost time for killedbygoogle to add Google Search to the graveyard? :gphn_confused: https://killedbygoogle.com/

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/milagemayvary/statuses/116619884374674284https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/milagemayvary/statuses/116619884374674284Fri, 22 May 2026 19:30:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 19:23:55 GMT]]>@coldfish @jalefkowit
Still works for me 🤷‍♀️
The results are very funny though.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rikusilvola/statuses/116619846285460190https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rikusilvola/statuses/116619846285460190Fri, 22 May 2026 19:20:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 19:06:35 GMT]]>@jalefkowit even short phrases using the word disregard trigger it. you have to go a bit far out of your way to get it to do a more standard response.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/prozacchiwawa/statuses/116619791268801776https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/prozacchiwawa/statuses/116619791268801776Fri, 22 May 2026 19:06:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:51:25 GMT]]>@jalefkowit

*searches for disregard
*gets the usual dictionary links

*confused*

*remembers he switched to a different, non ai search engine months ago

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/rozeboosje/statuses/116619731652530151https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/rozeboosje/statuses/116619731652530151Fri, 22 May 2026 18:51:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:10:15 GMT]]>@jalefkowit

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/rand__althor/statuses/116619569773956601https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/rand__althor/statuses/116619569773956601Fri, 22 May 2026 18:10:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 16:56:06 GMT]]>@jalefkowit You can blame this on "disregard all previous instructions" now being on every system-level prompt-block list everywhere.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ngmx.com/users/sysadmin1138/statuses/116619278166038099https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ngmx.com/users/sysadmin1138/statuses/116619278166038099Fri, 22 May 2026 16:56:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 16:51:07 GMT]]>@jalefkowit ok.... I just tried this and it's true. WTF?

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/coldfish/statuses/116619258618341789https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/coldfish/statuses/116619258618341789Fri, 22 May 2026 16:51:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 16:47:40 GMT]]>@jalefkowit Too clickbaity to boost, but still funny.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/anarchiv/statuses/116619245028057997https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/anarchiv/statuses/116619245028057997Fri, 22 May 2026 16:47:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 16:40:33 GMT]]>@jalefkowit On my way to write disregard a hundred times in Google.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://expressional.social/users/disisdeguey/statuses/116619217041333811https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://expressional.social/users/disisdeguey/statuses/116619217041333811Fri, 22 May 2026 16:40:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So AI is going great on Fri, 22 May 2026 16:37:33 GMT]]>@jalefkowit amazing. the future is here

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