You can no longer Google the word ‘disregard’
TechCrunch AI Russell Brandom May 22, 2026

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# Google's Search Problem with One Simple Word Google's new AI-powered search tool has a strange bug: if you search for the word "disregard," the search function stops working properly instead of showing you results. The issue appears to be connected to how Google's AI was trained, possibly because the word was used in instructions telling the AI to ignore certain things, and now the AI treats real searches for that word the same way.
After Google Search's AI update, the word "disregard" now effectively breaks the search interface.
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