At this point, it should be clear that anything you read from Google’s AI Overview needs to be taken with a grain of salt — including when it starts labeling real video games as fictional. Case in point: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
For the past few months, searching “Black Ops 7” on Google has returned a bizarre response from the search engine’s Gemini-powered AI Overview, which insists the game doesn’t exist. “Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is a fictional video game that does not exist,” the AI claims. It even elaborates: “The search results describe a hypothetical game with a November 14, 2025, release date, a story set in 2035 that continues the narrative from Black Ops 2 and Black Ops… The fictional game includes co-op campaign, multiplayer, and a Zombies mode.”
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