Google AI Search apparently leaked an unreleased game character from a private doc

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A solo game developer alleges that Google’s AI Search told a player about an unreleased character while being asked “silly” questions about their game.

The developer claims that they never told anyone about the character publicly and the information only exists digitally in a private Google Docs file.

A Google representative shared a statement denying that the company scans private Workspace content to train its AI models.

There have been plenty of times when Google’s AI Search has been criticized for providing inaccurate information. In some instances, those screw-ups have been highly public, like when AI Overviews recommended adding glue to pizza . However, it appears that it can also sometimes veer into being unexpectedly accurate. For example, revealing an unannounced character for a game.

The solo developer behind Klub Kofta Studio alleges that Google’s AI Search told a player about an unreleased character for their tower defense game Operation Octo. According to the Reddit post , the player was asking the AI “silly” questions about the game to get a laugh when it suddenly surfaced “surprisingly obscure info that should not be available for a small indie game like mine.” Out of curiosity, the developer asked the player if they could ask the AI about future content for the game, and the AI returned the highly specific character name “Vantage Tripod.”