Google's inline AI outputs bizarre typo 'outshitting' for 'outshining'
felix_cohen · reddit · 2026-10-12
A Reddit user caught Google's inline AI summary writing "outshitting" instead of "outshining" in a cargo-space comparison of the Golf Estate vs Passat GTE. Discussion speculates the cause is tokenization (e.g. "out" as a standalone token) and that small flash models are more error-prone.
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