Google search words break AI overviews feature

Certain search terms appear to disrupt Google's AI Overviews results.

Reports indicate that entering words such as disregard or ignore into Google Search causes the AI Overviews section to malfunction. The issue was noted in coverage published on May 23 2026. No further details on the cause or duration of the problem were provided.

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