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There are also instances where search results ignore text before or after an em-dash in the headline, as the screenshots above show. The original headlines say the following: "You can’t replace the battery in Lego’s Smart Bricks — and many of its sensors aren’t active yet," and "I met Olaf — the Frozen robot who might be the future of Disney Parks." Offering some respite, a spokesperson told The Verge that even if Google went ahead with this experiment, "it would not be using a generative model and we would not be creating headlines with gen AI." However, there was no clarification on what mea
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