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Google’s AI Overviews feature, designed to provide concise summaries of search results, is facing scrutiny after users discovered it fabricating explanations for entirely made-up proverbs. This incident highlights a significant issue with large language models: their propensity to ‘hallucinate’ or confidently generate false information that sounds plausible. While the explanations crafted by AI Overviews were grammatically correct and contextually relevant, the proverbs themselves had no basis in reality. This raises serious questions about the reliability of AI-generated content, particularly when used for information retrieval. The incident underscores the importance of critically evaluating all AI-generated content and verifying information from multiple sources.