From what I can tell, this isn't actually a response/protection against prompt-injection (which is what I imagined from the article's title).
It seems to be just the AI responding to the word "disregard".
I tried searching for the phrase "never mind" (like, the Nirvana album), and Google's AI responded similarly:
AI Overview
never mind
No problem at all! Just let me know if there's anything else I can help you with later. Have a great day!
It's just a terrible user experience because the AI misinterpreted the search query, and the actual web search results are pushed "below the fold", on purpose.
It seems to be just the AI responding to the word "disregard".
I tried searching for the phrase "never mind" (like, the Nirvana album), and Google's AI responded similarly:
It's just a terrible user experience because the AI misinterpreted the search query, and the actual web search results are pushed "below the fold", on purpose.