Earlier this week, Google rolled out a completely new Search experience<\/a>, foregrounding AI summaries and kicking the traditional \u201c10 blue links\u201d far down the page. But the sheer scale of Google Search means there are lots of edge cases that the company doesn\u2019t seem to have considered.<\/p>\n For instance, this is what you\u2019ll now get if you type the word \u201cdisregard\u201d into Google Search.<\/p>\n Google has been catching some flack on social<\/a> media<\/a> for this, and it\u2019s easy to see why. As you\u2019ll notice, the Merriam-Webster link is still in there, but you have to scroll past a huge block of empty space. For most users, that single reply is the only thing you\u2019ll see. And crucially, the AI response serves no conceivable value to a user searching the word \u201cdisregard.\u201d It\u2019s just a broken tool.<\/p>\n For context, here is the same search in Bing, which has been less aggressive about its AI summaries. It\u2019s not perfect, but there is some useful information to be found here.<\/p>\n I have been a professional tech journalist for nearly 15 years, and before today, I cannot think of a single time when a Bing search result was more valuable than the Google equivalent. There really is a first time for everything!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-22-at-12.01.09-PM.jpg?w=680\")