Microsoft's Bing search engine claims Australia doesn't exist
Microsoft's Bing search engine claims Australia doesn't exist
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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Google isn't even sure so at least Bing is providing an answer, not that the wrong answer is great
37 0 ReplyBing gets you answers fast.
they didn't say they'd be the right answer tho.
39 0 ReplyAt least Ecosia delivers
25 0 ReplyImagine using ecosia in 2023. You're being scammed my friend haha
3 0 ReplyWhat kinda scam do you mean. I'm using it since 2017 or so and never heard of it.
(Please don't recommend me DuckDuckGo - I'd rather use Startpage or Qwant for personal reasons)
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Kagi also believes Australia is not real
Edit: this also shows up if i set the region to Australia
9 0 ReplyMine shows a bit more context, did you crop it out or is it just a difference in settings?
7 0 ReplyI cropped it out
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