Google’s ambitious AI makeover for Search is once again attracting attention for all the wrong reasons. Only this time, the controversy is not about recommending glue on pizza or suggesting people eat rocks. Instead, Google’s AI Overview appears to be losing a battle against basic spelling.Social media users this week began posting screenshots of Google’s AI-generated responses confidently giving incorrect answers to questions that most schoolchildren could solve without difficulty. From misspelling “journalism” to struggling with simple letter counts, the feature has sparked debate over whether AI is making Search smarter, or simply making basic internet tasks far more complicated than necessary today. How advanced can AI be ?
