ChatGPT’s Take: Predictions for the Opening Round
We asked the AI for the results of the first 24 matches.
This week it happens: the 2026 World Cup will kick off this Thursday with an intriguing meeting between Mexico and South Africa, and the excitement can also be felt in Israel. We asked ChatGPT to predict the results of the 24 matches in the first round of the group stage of the biggest World Cup in history. Will you help it in the Five Friends game? Sign up now, if you have not already done so.
Group 1: Mexico - South Africa 0:2, South Korea - Czech Republic 1:1 Group 2: Canada - Bosnia 1:1, Switzerland - Qatar 1:3 Group 3: Brazil - Morocco 1:2, Scotland - Haiti 0:2 Group 4: USA - Paraguay 1:2, Australia - Turkey 1:1 Group 5: Germany - Curaçao 0:3, Ivory Coast - Ecuador 1:1 Group 6: Netherlands - Japan 1:2, Tunisia - Sweden 1:1 Group 7: Belgium - Egypt 1:2, Iran - New Zealand 0:2 Group 8: Spain - Saudi Arabia 0:3, Uruguay - Cape Verde 0:2 Group 9: France - Senegal 1:3, Norway - Iraq 0:2 Group 10: Argentina - Algeria 1:3, Austria - Jordan 0:2 Group 11: Portugal - Congo 1:3, Colombia - Uzbekistan 0:2 Group 12: England - Croatia 1:1, Ghana - Panama 0:2
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