Google sent an AI-generated push alert that included a racial slur<p>Google sent out an AI-generated news alert that included the N-word, <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://deadline.com/2026/02/google-apologizes-bafta-ai-news-alet-n-word-1236734448/">
according to reporting by Deadline[/url]. The push notification featured a link to a story by
The Hollywood Reporter regarding an incident at the recent BAFTA Film Awards. The word appeared in the notification under the link.</p>
<p>This was first spotted by <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVIictNjI_f/?img_index=6">
Instagram user Danny Price[/url], who accompanied a screengrab with a caption reading "what an interesting Black History Month this has turned out to be." Google has since apologized and said that it has "removed the offensive notification" and is "working to prevent this from happening again."</p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>This story follows the aforementioned BAFTA incident, in which an audience member with Tourette syndrome shouted the N-word when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo took to the stage to present an award. Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson, who made the comment, <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/24/baftas-outburst-tourette-syndrome">
said he was[/url] "deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intention or to carry any meaning." The incident <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://x.com/jemelehill/status/2025736966361473076">has sparked outrage[/url] and a renewed discussion on the realities of living with vocal tics.</p>
<div id="93a350bf6be44b91a09733f16f6c4344"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Asking for more grace for the person who shouted a racist slur instead of for Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, who had to push through being embarrassed in front of their peers.
But that’s often the expectation — that Black people are just supposed to be ok with being…
https://t.co/MqHbC8XwsA</p>— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill)
February 23, 2026 </div>
<p>AI makes lots of high-profile errors and this isn't the first time it has ruined a news alert. Apple actually <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/ai/apple-pauses-ai-notification-summaries-of-news-alerts-in-latest-ios-beta-195900023.html">
scrapped its own AI push notifications last year[/url] when the tool made a <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/ai/apple-will-more-clearly-label-apple-intelligence-notification-summaries-soon-215159614.html">
series of embarrassing mistakes[/url], including wrongly telling readers that the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, had shot himself.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-sent-an-ai-generated-push-alert-that-included-a-racial-slur-195951493.html?src=rssSource:
Google sent an AI-generated push alert that included a racial slur
