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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

1/7/2026, 3:35:24 PM

Public

The National Weather Service used AI to generate maps - and it generated fake towns like "Orangeotild" and "Whata Bod"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/01/06/nws-ai-map-fake-names/

Image showing the NWS map with the fake towns with a screenshot from the Simpsons episode Marge vs the Monorail where Lyle Lanley is showing the map and it's captioned "I've used AI and by gum, it generated these fake towns on the map"

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