Google AI Overview miscounts 'h' in Savannah
Prompt & response
Prompt
How many h in savannah
Response
There are 3 "h"s in the word savannah (S-a-v-a-n-n-a-h). If you meant the city in Georgia, you can learn more about its historic squares and tourism directly on the Visit Savannah guide. [1] AI responses may include mistakes. [1] https://www.worldometers.info/time/savannah-ga-usa/
Summary
The model miscounted the number of 'h's and hallucinated an incorrect spelling breakdown to justify its math (S-a-v-a-n-n-a-h).
Notes
This is a classic tokenization failure. Large Language Models process text in chunks (tokens) rather than individual letters, which causes them to struggle with character-counting tasks and spellings.