Google's AI Can't Even Spell Google

Google's AI Overviews are making embarrassing spelling errors, including misspelling the president's name, adding phantom letters to common words, and incorrectly counting letters. The feature also briefly displayed a chatbot system prompt as a dictionary definition before Google patched it. The root cause lies in how large language models work. LLMs process text as numerical tokens, not individual letters, making spelling an inherent architectural weakness. Researchers say there may be no perfect fix, but the errors serve as a reminder that AI outputs should never be trusted without verification.