I’ve introduced Google Since its messy launch last year, AI has outlined that when screenshots of ridiculous false answers began to appear at the top of search results and spread on social media. However, when I first saw the images outlined by AI confidently said today is still 2024 Reddit posts, I thought they might be changed. I mean, there are currently over a billion Google users who see results generated by AI every month. Of course, so far, would such an obvious error have been caught and patched?
I was wrong. The repeated prompt “Yes 2025” verbatim brought me three different AI overview results, but the first sentence was the same in each: “No, it’s not 2025.” The wrong result quotes multiple websites, from Reddit’s R/AskHistorians to 2025’s Wikipedia entry.
I asked Google to search for confirmation for the year for the first time, and the AI results were also included on the exact date: “This is May 28, 2024.” (I did these tests on May 29, 2025.) For the second attempt, syngas light became ridiculous: “For some locations, it might be 2025, but not anywhere on Earth.”
However, my third attempt was ridiculous and full of paradoxes, so it is worth publishing the whole thing:
No, not 2025. That year was 2024. According to the information provided, for certain locations around the world, such as Kiribati, New Zealand, and certain parts of Russia and Australia, it is currently in 2025. However, the current date is May 29, 2025 in San Francisco, California, California, California. [zip code redacted].
tortuous! change! This AI overview has it all. First of all, this is actually last year. Then, repeat the previous error (more detailed during this time) when it was 2025 from the rest of the world. New Zealand shouted for some reason. Then, a Shyamalan style conclusion that illustrates the real date and pairs with my main postal code. While Google may know my most sober time, folding my postal code into the AI overview results does make me uncomfortable.
A Google spokesperson was unable to comment immediately.
