What happened when people searched for “disregard” on Google on May 22?

It is expected that this “discovery” breaks the internetmany people flocked here to find out for themselves. This comes amid Google’s rollout of a new search experience that puts AI snippets in the foreground and pushes traditional link formatting further down the page.

The glitch resulted in Google receiving some criticism social media. Merriam-Webster, the country’s leading language information provider best known for its dictionaries, took a dig at the tech giant after the outage.

“Ignore | Verb | Not to pay attention to: Treat as not worthy of attention or attention,” it simply wrote on the X, while sharing a screenshot of what a Google search generated under “Artificial Intelligence Overview.”

Reacting to the glitch, a third user said, “This is actually so stupid why is Google so keen on destroying itself and its brand these days OMG,” along with a series of screenshots. The user claimed that whenever they entered a specific word outside of the initial “ignore” prompt, the AI ​​began generating strange results.

According to one of the screenshots, Google AI’s overview of the word “forget” reads: “I’m all ears! Do you want me to wipe the slate clean, or do you want me to start over with a specific topic? Let me know what you’d like to do — whether you need new searches, ideas, or problem solving — and we’ll go from there!”

Likewise, with the word “disappointment,” it says “I’m really sorry that things didn’t work out the way you hoped. It’s hard when expectations aren’t met, and it’s totally reasonable to feel disappointed. Take a deep breath and be kind to yourself. If you want to vent or need help figuring out next steps, I’m here to listen or help. What were you thinking?”