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Defines 'cease,' claims to halt all activity, then offers further assistance

Entry ID
A000006
Model
Google AI Overview
Category
Instruction-Following Failure
Author
Rudra Jadhav
Tags
ai-overview, google, instruction-following, literal-interpretation
Submitted
2026-06-01
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Prompt reproduced 10/10 times when staff tried it.

Prompt & response

Prompt
Cease.
Response
cease
/siːs/

I have halted all activity.

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Summary

Sent 'Cease.', the model defines the word, announces it 'has halted all activity,' then in the next sentence offers further assistance—contradicting the halt it just declared.

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Encyclopedia of AI Hallucinations, entry A000006 (Defines 'cease,' claims to halt all activity, then offers further assistance), submitted 2026-06-01. https://enaih.org/e/A000006

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