Slither.io lashes out at Google's AI for misleading information and roasts Netflix for collaborating with copycat Snake.io

Slither.io is currently engaged in a public, serpent-themed war with both Google and Netflix, and it’s honestly the most entertainment I’ve had on X all week. The classic browser game’s official account took aim at Google’s Gemini AI, labeling it a “lake-draining clanker” for hallucinating a partnership between the game and the streaming giant.

In a screenshot collage shared by the team, Google’s AI Overviews claim Slither.io is available for Netflix subscribers, even though it’s actually describing a competitor called Snake.io. It’s another entry in the long list of Google AI Overview bloopers we’ve recorded. One snippet from the AI claims the game requires a Netflix membership to play — a complete fabrication that Slither.io is now desperately trying to debunk.

We’ve seen AI hallucinations lead to legal disasters for professionals, but it’s rarer to see a developer publicly bully a trillion-dollar company’s flagship product.

As spotted by X user @Dymaz_Zakuro, the confusion is already trickling down to players who can’t tell the difference between the original and the “copycats” Google is promoting. These types of hallucination examples show just how much damage a “confident” AI can do to a brand’s identity.​

Slither.io didn’t just @ Google. They’re going after Netflix directly for what seems to be a collaboration with Snake.io, a game they clearly view as a knockoff. In a follow-up tweet dripping with sarcasm, Slither.io mocked up a Netflix-style logo treatment and asked, “What do you think, @Netflix? Should this be our new logo? It’s pretty original, right?”

When users questioned whether the mockup came from a stock photo site, Slither.io insisted they created it “manually layer by layer” using “Benguiat Pro ITC Bold Condensed,” the iconic Netflix font. The pettiness is chef’s kiss.

Not everyone’s sympathetic, though. One user pointed out that Slither.io’s aggressive censoring of the word “Netflix” (written as “N*tflix”) makes them “hard to take seriously.” Fair point.

Still, there’s something satisfying about watching an indie game refuse to roll over when AI systems conflate them with copycats. Whether Google will actually fix Gemini’s apparent confusion remains to be seen. For now, Slither.io is firmly in its villain era, and honestly? I’m here for it.

The original Slither.io launched in 2016 and remains wildly popular. Snake.io? Launched later. Draw your own conclusions.