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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Microsoft's Bing search engine claims Australia doesn't exist

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Microsoft's Bing search engine claims Australia doesn't exist

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Australian users of Bluesky and Mastodon were surprised yesterday to find Bing was informing them that the country they were in didn't actually exist.
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    Whats the one that “ackshually” doesn’t exist? Its like some running gag or something

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      Finland.

      Or New Zealand if you are a cartographer.

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        NZ

        Yessss

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      My brains thinking Finland but I might be wrong.

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        Can’t have a NATO lake without Finland so of course it exists

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          That’s just what japan wants you to think

          https://en.everybodywiki.com/Finland_does_not_exist

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      America, it was just a practical joke.

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        Ees joke?!

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      There’s also the city of Bielefeld, which may or may not exist. I mean, I’ve never seen it.

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      You

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        [blood seeping from hands] I must not get in fights I must not get in fights

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          Ur mom

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            ur mom

            Yes, ur mom 👈 CONTinue 😹

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