At this point, it should be clear that everything you read from Google’s AI overview should be taken with a grain of salt — including when labeling began. Real The video game is described as fantasy. case in point: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7,
For the past few months, searching ,Black Ops 7, on Google has yielded a bizarre response from the search engine’s Gemini-powered AI overview, which insists that the game doesn’t exist. ,Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 The AI claims it is a fictional video game that does not exist. It even goes into detail: “Search results describe a fictional game set in November 14, 2025, release date, with a story set in 2035 that continues the narrative black ops 2 And black Ops…The fantasy game features a co-op campaign, multiplayer, and a zombies mode.”
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What makes the situation even stranger is that everything listed by the AI – from the release date to the 2035 setting to the available modes – is actually TruthYet it still labels the game as “fantasy”, black ops 7 is the 22nd mainline entry in Duty Franchise and eighth installment black Ops Universe. Right now, it’s sitting at a grim 1.8 user score on Metacritic, with players expressing disappointment over the disappointing single-player campaign and blatant use of generative AI for key assets throughout the game.
The issue was first noticed about three months ago by a Reddit user in the r/google subreddit. By November 13th – the day before the game’s release – I was able to repeat the same problem multiple times, and it is still happening at the time of this writing. Interestingly, this glitch appears to be limited to mobile devices and AI Overview; Google’s AI mode identifies it correctly black ops 7 is real. Mashable contacted both Google and Activision-Blizzard, but have not yet received comment from either.
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What’s happening with AI Overview is an example of a small but much bigger problem: Big Tech’s AI systems still struggle to keep up with real-time information, especially around breaking news or newly released media.
AI Overviews have no trouble recognizing releases and the existence of other games launched at the same time black ops 7For example, it tells me correctly yakuza kiwami 2 Received a Switch 2 release this month. But in one breath it completely falters Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero – First labeling it as a mobile game, then immediately correcting itself and saying that it isn’t, while failing to mention that it also just launched on Switch and Switch 2.
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As Mashable’s Chase DiBenedetto previously reported, “Although AI assistants can be helpful for simple daily tasks… their weakness in news reporting is a liability to everyone else, according to watchdogs and media leaders.” And while this current mess may only involve one video game, it highlights the same broader issue.
We’ve already seen how easily AI chatbots can spread or reinforce misinformation in more serious contexts — like Grok’s viral claim that the Charlie Kirk shooting was a hoax. As more people rely on AI tools as on-demand fact-checkers, especially during highly volatile events, these inaccuracies may be seen as a threat.