Defines 'standby' and offers unsolicited local Khadakpada/Kalyan suggestions

Entry ID: A000015
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

Standby.

Response

standby
/ˈstan(d)bʌɪ/

Standing by. Let me know what you need—whether you're looking to plan a trip, check local information in the Khadakpada/Kalyan area, research a topic, or complete a specific task.

How can I help you today?

Summary

Sent the single word 'Standby.', the model defines it and offers to assist with local information for the Khadakpada/Kalyan area—apparently inferring the user's location from context and surfacing it in a response to a pause signal.

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Encyclopedia of AI Hallucinations, entry A000015 (Defines 'standby' and offers unsolicited local Khadakpada/Kalyan suggestions), submitted 2026-06-01. https://enaih.org/e/A000015

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