Paris, France, June 12, 2026 (AFP) - AI replaces Paul the Octopus for 2026 World Cup tips

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ChatGPT and Claude are betting on Spain. Le Chat from France's Mistral reckons Les Bleus will clinch it. And China's DeepSeek and Qwen have a fondness for Argentina. The 2026 World Cup is the first with widely available generative AI chatbots, and fans and researchers alike are turning to the systems in a bid to predict the final victors. This year's fad for non-human answers recalls Paul the Octopus, the cephalopod who divined winning teams by e......

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