Two days ago I bought a dress pattern. US sizing is different to UK sizing, so I searched for a comparison site on my phone. The information is absolutely consistent over any number of sites. I was in a shop with poor reception and my phone generally fills the screen with the unwanted AI data. It...

February 19, 2026 - 09:28 UTC

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...gave me incorrect info. Shop was crowded, I bought the size it recommended. I had a gut feeling this was wrong, once outside the shop with a better signal I checked, but searched for a website I knew to be reliable and then searched there. On this occasion the AI error cost me 10 minutes...
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...double checking and then getting into a queue to change the pattern. But for other AI prompted decisions the cost could be far worse. And what worries me is that in providing the wrong information AI had obviously bypassed a majority of sites offering correct info and chosen a wrong outlier
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