Google display wrong flags for world cup 2026

https://swiss-cow.com/blog/google-world-cup-wrong-flags

by jimseinta • 1 month ago

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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.

apt-apt-apt-apt• 1 month ago

This is like saying scissors can poke you, so don't use scissors.

abenga• 1 month ago

No it's like saying scissors poke so don't use them to hold up an inflated balloon.

vitally3643• 1 month 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.

frollogaston2• 1 month ago

I doubt the results are AI-generated

bryanrasmussen2• 1 month 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?

wffurr2• 1 month ago

Does not reproduce for me.

jimseinta4• 1 month ago

try from your mobile phone's browser

wffurr2• 1 month ago

I used Chrome on Android.

malshe• 1 month ago

I couldn't reproduce this issue so maybe they have fixed it.

On a related note, could you include screenshots in the post?

frollogaston2• 1 month 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

jimseinta4• 1 month ago

Could you explain why please?

jimseinta4• 1 month ago

I have uploaded the screenshot to the article.

toxik• 1 month ago

lol "why it matters" - utter AI slop.

tnuc• 1 month ago

I can't reproduce it.

Does the error still occur if you do a hard reload or use a different browser?

adt• 1 month ago

You couldn't have included images? Or emojis?

jimseinta4• 1 month ago

I have updated the article with the screenshot. They still have the issue.

Google display wrong flags for world cup 2026

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