"Here is a weird one - one person named Kunjal Chawhan spotted a Google AI Overview that had an HTML font strikethrough in the text. So it looks like Google is offering an answer, but it's struck through as a false answer... He posted a screenshot of it on X - here it is: Personally, I cannot replicate that. But you can see the strikethrough in the text."
"I assume it is copying some of this text, including the strikethrough, from a website or websites... This is what I see: I've never seen this before in an AI Overview, have you? Forum discussion at X."
A screenshot posted on X showed a Google AI Overview containing visible HTML font strikethrough within an answer. The strikethrough rendered the suggested answer as crossed out, indicating the answer appeared then was marked false within the Overview. The behavior likely resulted from copying HTML markup or styled content from one or more websites into the Overview. At least one person reported inability to reproduce the behavior. The occurrence prompted attention on social media about AI output rendering and handling of source markup.
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