Google display wrong flags for world cup 2026(swiss-cow.com)

12 pointsby jimseinta5 hours ago6 comments

bryanrasmussen4 hours ago
Noticeably absent from the possible errors that have led to this - it was generated by AI and the AI hallucinated wrong flags.
In fact if this was the cause it totally highlights the benefit of not using AI, because of course the AI hallucinated and the only way to fix it is to either keep trying to use AI to do it, or do it by hand, or using one of the methodologies already mentioned which if those were the cause of the error would be an easily findable and fixable bug.
- frollogaston4 hours ago
  I doubt the results are AI-generated
  - bryanrasmussen4 hours ago
    why?
    >In the expanded match list, several countries are shown with incorrect flags. The errors are not subtle — they are completely different flags from entirely different countries.
    Why can this not be an AI mistake as opposed to one of the other mistakes?
- apt-apt-apt-apt4 hours ago
  This is like saying scissors can poke you, so don't use scissors.
  - vitally36434 hours ago
    It's more like saying that electric scissors (look it up) can randomly stab blades out of the handle at you and sometimes it's easier and faster to use regular scissors and avoid dealing with random stabbing.
  - abenga4 hours ago
    No it's like saying scissors poke so don't use them to hold up an inflated balloon.
malshe4 hours ago
I couldn't reproduce this issue so maybe they have fixed it.
On a related note, could you include screenshots in the post?
- frollogaston4 hours ago
  Even if the bug is still there, this kind of thing is so A/B tested or dependent on other variables that nothing is going to be reproducible on our end
adt2 hours ago
You couldn't have included images? Or emojis?
tnuc3 hours ago
I can't reproduce it.
Does the error still occur if you do a hard reload or use a different browser?
wffurr4 hours ago
Does not reproduce for me.
toxik4 hours ago
lol "why it matters" - utter AI slop.