Burkov mocks Google AI Mode: it answers from memory instead of actually searching
burkov · x · 2026-09-27
Andriy Burkov illustrates Google AI Mode's flaw with a short dialogue: searching "[person] fraud," the AI flatly denies involvement; only after the user pastes two URLs does it concede — and admit it never searched at all, answering from training memory capped at December 2024. A pointed critique of AI search skipping real retrieval and answering first, verifying later.
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