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		all2 on March 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bard uses a Hacker News comment as source to say t... This was also done with towns. IIRC, more than one town was founded where a fake town was placed on a map.

VBprogrammer on March 22, 2023 [–]

Haha, I can see how that could happen.

Planning officer: you want to build 20 houses on the outskirts of [town Google made up]. Looks legit to me.

Planning officer: you want to build 20 new houses in the middle of an agricultural area. Let me think on that.

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