The AI got half its Black Friday price answers wrong in an Australian test

Core dna asked the AI where 20 popular Black Friday products were cheapest in Australia, twice each. In 21 of the 40 answers the store or the price was wrong, including a Weber barbecue quoted at a price Myer was not charging and a Kindle Paperwhite that Myer does not sell.

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Ask the same 20 again
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Why it’s worth knowing

A simple where-is-it-cheapest question, asked twice about the same 20 products, came back wrong more often than right.

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Summarized from a public post on coredna.com. See the original ↗

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