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Google search is over (mastodon.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by JoBo@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Via @rodhilton@mastodon.social

Right now if you search for "country in Africa that starts with the letter K":

  • DuckDuckGo will link to an alphabetical list of countries in Africa which includes Kenya.

  • Google, as the first hit, links to a ChatGPT transcript where it claims that there are none, and summarizes to say the same.

This is because ChatGPT at some point ingested this popular joke:

"There are no countries in Africa that start with K." "What about Kenya?" "Kenya suck deez nuts?"

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[–] Wolpertinger@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Doesn't Bing use ChatGPT, though?

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

ChatGPT isn't the problem here. Some website has something up saying that's what ChatGPT responds, but I tried it and it did not. Instead, it corrected me.

Google, on the other hand, is still saying the same thing quoting the same site.

[–] casualPeeper@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago

And duck is based on bing