ChatGPT's Word: Predictions for the First Round
We asked AI for the results of the first 24 matches.
This week it happens: the 2026 World Cup kicks off this coming Thursday with the intriguing meeting between Mexico and South Africa, and the excitement can be felt in Israel too. 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 use it in the Five Guys 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 - Curacao 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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