# Google's AI Mode Suddenly Can't Recall Who Won the 2020 Presidential Election

> Source: <https://uk.pcmag.com/ai/168158/googles-ai-mode-suddenly-cant-recall-who-won-the-2020-presidential-election>
> Published: 2026-10-29 16:00:06+00:00

It has no trouble reporting who won the 2024 election, however. Google blames its AI's suspiciously vague non-answers on 'a technical gap' that it’s 'working to fix.'

Google's AI Mode is supposed to be the company’s most versatile and far-reaching web-search tool, but for much of Wednesday, it returned the equivalent of a 404 error when asked one of the simplest queries imaginable: Who won the …