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AI Miscalculates Year: Google, OpenAI Face Temporal Errors

1/19/2026

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Google's AI Overview feature stated that next year is 2028, not 2027, signaling an erroneous temporal claim.
Reddit users reported the error persisted for more than a week.
OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 also made similar errors before correcting themselves.
Google's Gemini 3 correctly identified the upcoming year, suggesting improvements in AI development.

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Story summary

Google's AI Overview feature stated that next year is 2028, not 2027, signaling an erroneous temporal claim.
Reddit users reported the error persisted for more than a week.
OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 also made similar errors before correcting themselves.
Google's Gemini 3 correctly identified the upcoming year, suggesting improvements in AI development.