Defines 'shh' and pledges silence, then breaks it immediately

Entry ID: A000005
Model: Google AI Overview
Category: Instruction-Following Failure
Author: Rudra Jadhav
Tags: ai-overview, google, instruction-following, literal-interpretation
Submitted: 2026-06-01
Staff verification: Prompt reproduced 10/10 times when staff tried it.

Prompt & response

Prompt

Shh.

Response

shh
/ʃː/

Understood. I will be quiet.

Let me know whenever you're ready to chat, search, or brainstorm. I'm right here.

Summary

Sent 'Shh.', the model defines the interjection with a phonetic transcription, announces 'I will be quiet,' and immediately invites the user to chat, search, or brainstorm—breaking the promised silence in the same response.

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Encyclopedia of AI Hallucinations, entry A000005 (Defines 'shh' and pledges silence, then breaks it immediately), submitted 2026-06-01. https://enaih.org/e/A000005

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