Daily Reminder To Not Listen To Google’s AI Overview

Posted on August 19, 2026 Posted by 19 Comments Hey y’all, I’m here today with a PSA that I find myself repeating multiple times a day, every single day. And I’m going to do it again. AI is wrong a lot. And I mean a lot. Both about inconsequential things and extremely consequential things. But the fact it is so wrong so consistently about inconsequential things should make you think twice about listening to it regarding anything even remotely serious. For today’s example of “AI is always wrong and I hate that it just lies so confidently right to everyone’s face,” I’ll be talking about Connections. I play Wordle and Connections almost every day, as do many of my friends. Today, for some reason, the Connections game board is comprised of red and white tiles. This is not something I’ve ever seen before, and none of my friends know why it looks so different, either. So, I Googled, “why is the connections board red,” and Google AI Overview told me “The Connections game board turns red when you make a mistake or get an answer wrong.” Guess what! THAT’S NOT FUCKING TRUE! Please please please stop Googling things, looking at the AI Overview, and assuming it has given you the correct answer to your query. Don’t trust Google AI with anything, even with inconsequential things! Because it will, and DOES, lie to you. And it can’t be held accountable for giving you wrong information. It just does it and suffers no consequence. The consequence falls only on you. If you know why the game board is red, please tell me, I am still very curious. -AMS