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TikTok scaled back its experimental "AI Overviews" feature in May 2026 after the system produced wildly inaccurate video descriptions, including labeling dancer Charli D'Amelio as "a collection of various blueberries." The rollback raises questions about the readiness of multimodal AI for consumer-facing deployment, the accessibility consequences for users who depend on automated descriptions, and TikTok's regulatory exposure under the EU AI Act and European Accessibility Act.